diff --git a/pyquarantine/__init__.py b/pyquarantine/__init__.py
index 811dcf3..8fa8d2f 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/__init__.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/__init__.py
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ __all__ = [
     "notifications",
     "storages",
     "run",
-    "version",
     "whitelists"]
 
+__version__ = "1.0.6"
+
 
 def make_header(decoded_seq, maxlinelen=None, header_name=None,
                 continuation_ws=' ', errors='strict'):
diff --git a/pyquarantine/cli.py b/pyquarantine/cli.py
index cdf901d..14d9828 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/cli.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/cli.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 from pyquarantine import QuarantineMilter, setup_milter
-from pyquarantine.version import __version__ as version
+from pyquarantine import __version__ as version
 
 
 def _get_quarantine(quarantines, name):
diff --git a/pyquarantine/run.py b/pyquarantine/run.py
index d9b507b..45e8edf 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/run.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/run.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import sys
 
 import pyquarantine
 
-from pyquarantine.version import __version__ as version
+from pyquarantine import __version__ as version
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/pyquarantine/version.py b/pyquarantine/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 68cdeee..0000000
--- a/pyquarantine/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.5"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90d059a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[metadata]
+version = attr: pyquarantine.__version__
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cc68828..dbd1eee 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ def read_file(fname):
     with open(fname, 'r') as f:
         return f.read()
 
-version = {}
-exec(read_file("pyquarantine/version.py"), version)
 
 setup(name = "pyquarantine",
-    version = version["__version__"],
     author = "Thomas Oettli",
     author_email = "spacefreak@noop.ch",
     description = "A pymilter based sendmail/postfix pre-queue filter.",