diff --git a/openerp/release.py b/openerp/release.py
index 23a764bc94c..babe0ca4806 100644
--- a/openerp/release.py
+++ b/openerp/release.py
@@ -36,6 +36,5 @@ url = 'http://www.openerp.com'
 author = 'OpenERP S.A.'
 author_email = 'info@openerp.com'
 license = 'AGPL-3'
-timestamp = None
 
 # vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 08c30faf737..9aabfb0a344 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ def py2exe_options():
         return {}
 
 execfile(join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'openerp', 'release.py'))
-if timestamp:
-    version = version + "-" + timestamp
 
 setuptools.setup(
       name             = 'openerp',