diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index 1cb7c0cbd..58a2f10a6 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .cli.info import info as cli_info
 from .glossary import explain
 from .deprecated import resolve_load_name
-from .about import __version__
+#from .about import __version__
 from . import util