diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 35b967b6..270c1156 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 
 __version() {
 # Grab version from __metadata_.py file
-cat slpkg/views/version.py | grep "version_info: tuple = (" \
-    | tr -d [[:space:]] | cut -c21-25 | tr , .
+cat setup.cfg | grep "version =" | tr -d [[:space:]] | cut -c9-13 | tr , .
 }
 
 PRGNAM=slpkg
diff --git a/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild b/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
index 7384839e..d5ce5569 100755
--- a/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
+++ b/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 
 __version() {
 # Grab version from __metadata_.py file
-cat ../slpkg/views/version.py | grep "version_info: tuple = (" \
-    | tr -d [[:space:]] | cut -c21-25 | tr , .
+cat ../setup.cfg | grep "version =" | tr -d [[:space:]] | cut -c9-13 | tr , .
 }
 
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)