diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 89b3fdca8b0da23ddd1afc7174e8874e61d714a9..59d6df8faa725d0ce29d1f12bc721438815f96e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ if ( QT5_FOUND )
   target_link_libraries(CoMISo PUBLIC ${QT_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-vci_get_version ()
-
 include (VCIOutput)
 
 set(COMISO_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "")
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index fa0e3df9ebfbdd7a67f7ac7e91395bbb29db9934..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-VERSION=1.1 
-MAJOR=1
-MINOR=1
-PATCH=0
-ID=COMISO