diff --git a/message_generation/build.gradle b/message_generation/build.gradle
index 17e92facaa990a0c2dfb906712c61a218599a045..735ace3fb69bf2350951219f4c431d0cd41cb130 100644
--- a/message_generation/build.gradle
+++ b/message_generation/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ dependencies {
 
 jar {
   manifest {
-    version = '0.1.0'
     symbolicName = 'org.ros.rosjava_messages.message_generation'
   }
 }