diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f88002836baa36f7a395bb02290db9c436a4d9a3..650a51c9a27f2068f0ebd05cc67500c845170b3f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-VER ?= $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SVersion)
-
 export PYBUILD_NAME=click-log
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python2,python3 --buildsystem=pybuild