--- a/setup.py	2021-10-19 07:59:23.483551681 -0400
+++ b/setup.py	2021-10-19 08:00:20.289169440 -0400
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 with open(os.path.join(here, req_file)) as f:
     install_requires = f.read().strip().split("\n")
 
-# Get remote version
-remote_version = subprocess.run(["git", "describe", "--tags"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode("utf-8").strip()
-assert "." in remote_version
-
 setup(
     name="nwb-conversion-tools",
     version="0.9.3",