--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) Aaron Gallagher <_@habnab.it>
 # See COPYING for details.
 
+import os
+
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
@@ -30,10 +32,11 @@ setup(
     ],
     license='ISC',
 
-    setup_requires=['vcversioner>=1'],
-    vcversioner={
-        'version_module_paths': ['txsocksx/_version.py'],
-    },
+    #setup_requires=['vcversioner>=1'],
+    #vcversioner={
+    #    'version_module_paths': ['txsocksx/_version.py'],
+    #},
+    version=os.environ.get('PKG_VERSION'),
     install_requires=install_requires,
     packages=['txsocksx'],
 )
