diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e754301..00000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1.3.0
-
diff --git a/git.gemspec b/git.gemspec
index 75ef5a41..a3c5d5d3 100644
--- a/git.gemspec
+++ b/git.gemspec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'MAINTAINERS.md',
     'LICENSE',
     'README.md',
-    'VERSION',
     'lib/git.rb',
     'lib/git/author.rb',
     'lib/git/base.rb',