diff --git a/gwinc/__init__.py b/gwinc/__init__.py
index 9652199ea59b3bcb6fa57a01b9f5b0edf9b88473..0c2fe3b0d476d0e344c7e3a833a220f8b7537324 100644
--- a/gwinc/__init__.py
+++ b/gwinc/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import importlib
 import numpy as np
 
 try:
-    from ._version import __version__
+    from ._version import version as __version__
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     import setuptools_scm
     __version__ = setuptools_scm.get_version(fallback_version='?.?.?')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 16eeb63b7ec91a947dfd8b23e0a70558bf4f3f72..f003dae4b468503ec58b8f911e0a40564973238f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ setup(
     ],
     use_scm_version={
         'write_to': 'gwinc/_version.py',
-        'write_to_template': '__version__ = "{version}"',
     }
     # version=versioneer.get_version(),
     # cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),