diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 53d9dd1c..2a7f60d9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import re
 import sys
 from io import open
 from os import walk
@@ -8,21 +7,7 @@ from os.path import join, relpath
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
-def get_version():
-    VERSION_REGEX = re.compile(
-        r"^version\s*=\s*\"(?P<version>.*)\"$"
-    )
-    with open("pyproject.toml") as f:
-        for line in f:
-            match = VERSION_REGEX.match(line)
-
-            if match:
-                return match.group("version")
-
-    return None
-
-
-version = get_version()
+version = "4.0.1"
 
 requires = ['feedgenerator >= 1.9', 'jinja2 >= 2.7', 'pygments', 'docutils',
             'pytz >= 0a', 'blinker', 'unidecode', 'six >= 1.4',