diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ae8e921..f1e1cf8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
+version = attr: IPython.core.release.__version__
 license_file = LICENSE
 project_urls =
     Documentation = https://ipython.readthedocs.io/
diff --git a/setupbase.py b/setupbase.py
index 135fac1..5a92b0d 100644
--- a/setupbase.py
+++ b/setupbase.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ execfile(pjoin(repo_root, 'IPython','core','release.py'), globals())
 # This dict is eventually passed to setup after additional keys are added.
 setup_args = dict(
       name             = name,
-      version          = version,
       description      = description,
       long_description = long_description,
       author           = author,