text: diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
  index c8681c2..41c21a5 100644
  --- a/setup.py
  +++ b/setup.py
  @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import os
   # deal with MPL sandbox violations during easy_install
   os.environ['MPLCONFIGDIR'] = '.'
   
  -import surfer
  -
   DISTNAME = 'pysurfer'
   DESCRIPTION = descr
   LONG_DESCRIPTION = descr
  @@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ MAINTAINER_EMAIL = 'mwaskom@stanford.edu'
   URL = 'http://pysurfer.github.com'
   LICENSE = 'BSD (3-clause)'
   DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://github.com/nipy/PySurfer'
  -VERSION = surfer.__version__
  +VERSION = "0.4"
   
   import setuptools  # we are using a setuptools namespace
   from numpy.distutils.core import setup
  