diff --git a/smop/__init__.py b/smop/__init__.py
index f52c40fc..8d8b2374 100644
--- a/smop/__init__.py
+++ b/smop/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 # SMOP compiler -- Simple Matlab/Octave to Python compiler
-# Copyright 2011-2014 Victor Leikehman
-
-import version
-import parse,resolve,backend,main
-from version import __version__
+# Copyright 2011-2018 Victor Leikehman
diff --git a/smop/main.py b/smop/main.py
index 899489d2..b8623203 100644
--- a/smop/main.py
+++ b/smop/main.py
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 import parse
 import resolve
 import backend
-import version
+from version import __version__
 
 
 def print_header(fp):
     if options.no_header:
         return
-    print("# Autogenerated with SMOP ",
-          version.__version__, file=fp)
+    print("# Generated with SMOP ", __version__, file=fp)
     print("from libsmop import *", file=fp)
     print("#", options.filename, file=fp)