diff --git a/harmony/version.py b/harmony/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 47cd6ee..0000000
--- a/harmony/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple, Union
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-
-__version__ = version = '0.1.dev101+gb281cad.d20231210'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 1, 'dev101', 'gb281cad.d20231210')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 06ac7ff..c36c44b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
     "pandas",
     "psutil",
     "threadpoolctl",
-    "scikit-learn>=0.23",
-    "importlib_metadata>=0.7",
+    "scikit-learn>=0.23"
 ]
 
 setup(
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/lilab-bcb/harmony-pytorch",
     author="Yiming Yang, Bo Li",
     author_email="yyang43@mgh.harvard.edu, bli28@mgh.harvard.edu",
-    classifiers=[  # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
+    classifiers=[ # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
         "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",