diff --git a/php_imagick.h b/php_imagick.h
index b83d1881..7397fd6a 100644
--- a/php_imagick.h
+++ b/php_imagick.h
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 
 /* Define Extension Properties */
 #define PHP_IMAGICK_EXTNAME    "imagick"
-// The version is deliberately left as 'PACKAGE_VERSION' in source code.
-// It is only replaced with the actual version number that packaged through pecl.php.net
-#define PHP_IMAGICK_VERSION    "@PACKAGE_VERSION@"
+#define PHP_IMAGICK_VERSION    "3.8.1"
 #define PHP_IMAGICK_EXTNUM     30801
 
 /* Import configure options when building