diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 80d24b5..a57df22 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ utilityfunc.o:  utilityfunc.cpp utilityfunc.h
 clean:
 	rm *.o nxtrim test mergeReads version.h
 
+
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 50c4857..0000000
--- a/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#define VERSION "v0.4.0-3bb6bbe"