diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b537435..2e5e403 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ env
 *.egg-info
 __pycache__
 parity_tensor/_version.py
+build
diff --git a/parity_tensor/_version.py b/parity_tensor/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d4d831..0000000
--- a/parity_tensor/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools-scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-
-__all__ = ["__version__", "__version_tuple__", "version", "version_tuple"]
-
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple
-    from typing import Union
-
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-
-__version__ = version = '0.0.post1.dev1+gd7053bd'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 0, 'post1', 'dev1', 'gd7053bd')