diff --git a/.versionrc.js b/.versionrc.js
index f8efc19..d0d8ca2 100644
--- a/.versionrc.js
+++ b/.versionrc.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const tracker = {
-    filename: 'starling_sim/version.py',
+    filename: 'starling_sim/__init__.py',
     updater: '.versionrc.python.updater.js'
   }
   
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6c603e..42e4e81 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import setuptools
 import os
-from starling_sim.version import __version__
+from starling_sim import __version__
 
 # short description of the project
 DESC = "Agent-based framework for mobility simulation"
diff --git a/starling_sim/__init__.py b/starling_sim/__init__.py
index 7f4799d..ede4807 100644
--- a/starling_sim/__init__.py
+++ b/starling_sim/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 """
-This package contains modules related to the simulation run
+This package contains the different modules of Starling.
 """
+
+#: Starling version
+__version__ = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/starling_sim/run.py b/starling_sim/run.py
index aa78518..c6ce8d7 100644
--- a/starling_sim/run.py
+++ b/starling_sim/run.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from starling_sim.utils.simulation_logging import DEFAULT_LOGGER_LEVEL, setup_logging
 from starling_sim.utils.test_models import launch_tests
 from starling_sim.utils import paths
-from starling_sim.version import __version__
+from starling_sim import __version__
 
 
 def run_main():
diff --git a/starling_sim/simulation_scenario.py b/starling_sim/simulation_scenario.py
index 14616b8..4ac16c7 100644
--- a/starling_sim/simulation_scenario.py
+++ b/starling_sim/simulation_scenario.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 import json
 from copy import deepcopy
 
-from starling_sim.utils.utils import json_load, validate_against_schema, get_git_revision_hash
+from starling_sim.utils.utils import json_load, validate_against_schema
 from starling_sim.utils import paths
-from starling_sim.version import __version__
 from starling_sim.utils.config import config
+from starling_sim import __version__
 
 
 class SimulationScenario:
@@ -157,9 +157,6 @@ def init_run_summary(self):
         # get starling version
         summary["starling_version"] = __version__
 
-        # get current commit
-        summary["commit"] = get_git_revision_hash()
-
         # copy scenario parameters
         summary["parameters"] = self.copy_parameters()
 
diff --git a/starling_sim/utils/utils.py b/starling_sim/utils/utils.py
index 9c64804..bc827ff 100644
--- a/starling_sim/utils/utils.py
+++ b/starling_sim/utils/utils.py
@@ -1064,16 +1064,6 @@ def create_if_not_exists(folder):
         return False
 
 
-# git
-
-
-def get_git_revision_hash() -> str:
-    """
-    Get current git commit hash
-    """
-    return subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"]).decode("ascii").strip()
-
-
 # console log
 
 
diff --git a/starling_sim/version.py b/starling_sim/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b67b92c..0000000
--- a/starling_sim/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-"""Starling version"""
-
-__version__ = "0.10.0"