diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index a918b0841..d7da24a0b 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 var subcommandFns = map[string]func(stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer) *cobra.Command{}
 
 func NewRootCommand(stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	// pilosa.SetupVersionBuild()  // want to remove - see version.go
 	rc := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "pilosa",
 		Short: "Pilosa - A Distributed In-memory Binary Bitmap Index.",
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 42129f64a..3c7d19ca3 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -2,16 +2,3 @@ package pilosa
 
 var Version = "v0.0.0"
 var BuildTime = "not recorded"
-
-// ldflags works without this - removing it allows TestHandler_Version to work simply
-func SetupVersionBuild() {
-	/*
-		if Version == "" {
-			Version = "v0.0.0"
-		}
-		if BuildTime == "" {
-			BuildTime = "not recorded"
-		}
-	*/
-
-}