diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index 4ae6348..1f466f8 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "template": "/home/runner/work/cookiecutter-scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
-  "commit": "7e056bdb145ba1b4c2dbdadea9e8babf9fbc1d5f",
+  "commit": "2c5d3c4be8b9036777c50a1ce143b5f1f8f95238",
   "checkout": null,
   "context": {
     "cookiecutter": {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         "trim_blocks": true
       },
       "_template": "/home/runner/work/cookiecutter-scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
-      "_commit": "7e056bdb145ba1b4c2dbdadea9e8babf9fbc1d5f"
+      "_commit": "2c5d3c4be8b9036777c50a1ce143b5f1f8f95238"
     }
   },
   "directory": null
diff --git a/src/cookiecutter_scverse_instance/__init__.py b/src/cookiecutter_scverse_instance/__init__.py
index 5e47ae9..199a50d 100644
--- a/src/cookiecutter_scverse_instance/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cookiecutter_scverse_instance/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-from importlib.metadata import version
-
 from . import pl, pp, tl
 
 __all__ = ["pl", "pp", "tl"]
-
-__version__ = version("cookiecutter-scverse-instance")
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index 8204867..9ce99e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 import cookiecutter_scverse_instance
 
 
-def test_package_has_version():
-    assert cookiecutter_scverse_instance.__version__ is not None
-
-
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason="This decorator should be removed when test passes.")
 def test_example():
     assert 1 == 0  # This test is designed to fail.