diff --git a/component/numpy/buildout.cfg b/component/numpy/buildout.cfg
index 8c05ffd5612131b41183415df2aa892ed565d844..479a5fe59d599291904a799982b0554ec8ce1c88 100644
--- a/component/numpy/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/numpy/buildout.cfg
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ extends =
   ../gcc/buildout.cfg
   ../libatlas/buildout.cfg
 
-version = versions
-
 [numpy-env]
 PATH = ${gcc-fortran:location}/bin:%(PATH)s
 BLAS = ${libatlas:location}/lib/libcblas.a