diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 31c6a0e..10cdbf0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 description-file = README.md
+version = attr: textfsm.__version__
 
 [aliases]
 test=pytest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e9ff894..1bf8695 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 """Setup script."""
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import textfsm
 # To use a consistent encoding
 from codecs import open
 from os import path
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@
 setup(name='textfsm',
       maintainer='Google',
       maintainer_email='textfsm-dev@googlegroups.com',
-      version=textfsm.__version__,
       description='Python module for parsing semi-structured text into python tables.',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',