diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2e7bb52..1fd930c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,29 +15,8 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-import ast
-import io
 import os
-import re
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-
-class VersionFinder(ast.NodeVisitor):
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.version = None
-
-    def visit_Assign(self, node):
-        if node.targets[0].id == 'version':
-            self.version = node.value.s
-
-
-def read_version():
-    """Read version from httpretty/version.py without loading any files"""
-    finder = VersionFinder()
-    finder.visit(
-        ast.parse(local_file('couleur', '__init__.py').encode('utf-8')))
-    return finder.version
+from setuptools import setup
 
 
 def get_packages():
@@ -50,10 +29,13 @@ def get_packages():
     return packages
 
 
-setup(name='couleur',
-    version=read_version(),
-    description=(u'ANSI terminal tool for python, colored shell and other '
-                 'handy fancy features'),
+setup(
+    name='couleur',
+    version='0.6.1',
+    description=(
+        'ANSI terminal tool for python, colored shell and other '
+        'handy fancy features'
+    ),
     author='Gabriel Falcao',
     author_email='gabriel@nacaolivre.org',
     url='http://github.com/gabrielfalcao/couleur',