diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db76441a..794c6064 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ test_data
 __pycache__
 
 # ignore version cache file (generated automatically when setup.py is run)
-ctapipe_io_lst/_version.py
-ctapipe_io_lst/_version_cache.py
+src/ctapipe_io_lst/_version.py
+src/ctapipe_io_lst/_version_cache.py
 
 # Ignore .c files by default to avoid including generated code. If you want to
 # add a non-generated .c extension, use `git add -f filename.c`.
diff --git a/src/ctapipe_io_lst/_version.py b/src/ctapipe_io_lst/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 14dde87d..00000000
--- a/src/ctapipe_io_lst/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-__version__ = version = '0.19a1.dev1+g3796a1c2.d20221206'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 19, 'dev1', 'g3796a1c2.d20221206')