#!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Version:\([^-]*\)/\1/p')
-
 %:
        dh --with python2 $@
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-       cp version debian/version.pre-build
-       echo $(VERSION) > version
        dh_auto_configure -- --emacslispdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/notmuch
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
        dh_auto_build --sourcedirectory bindings/python
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
-       -mv debian/version.pre-build version
        dh_auto_clean
        dh_auto_clean --sourcedirectory bindings/python