diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index ad90322a..00000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v1.7.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/SConscript b/board/SConscript
index 669a49a1..c16d191b 100644
--- a/board/SConscript
+++ b/board/SConscript
@@ -60,13 +60,11 @@ else:
 
 
 def get_version(builder, build_type):
-  version_file = File('../VERSION').srcnode().abspath
-  version = open(version_file).read()
   try:
     git = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short=8", "HEAD"], encoding='utf8').strip()
   except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
     git = "unknown"
-  return f"{version}-{builder}-{git}-{build_type}"
+  return f"{builder}-{git}-{build_type}"
 
 
 def to_c_uint32(x):