diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index 2872725..70d5a67 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ _version_minor = 19
 _version_patch = 0
 _version_extra = ".dev"
 # _version_extra = "rc1"
-# _version_extra = ""  # Uncomment this for full releases
+_version_extra = ""  # Uncomment this for full releases
 
 # Construct full version string from these.
 _ver = [_version_major, _version_minor, _version_patch]