diff --git a/scripts/yocto-bsp b/scripts/yocto-bsp
index 0d36370519..ac6cfa07b0 100755
--- a/scripts/yocto-bsp
+++ b/scripts/yocto-bsp
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 # Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi (at] intel.com>
 #
 
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
-
 import os
 import sys
 import optparse
@@ -122,8 +120,7 @@ def start_logging(loglevel):
 
 
 def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(version = "yocto-bsp version %s" % __version__,
-                                   usage = yocto_bsp_usage)
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage = yocto_bsp_usage)
 
     parser.disable_interspersed_args()
     parser.add_option("-D", "--debug", dest = "debug", action = "store_true",