diff --git a/requests/__about__.py b/requests/__about__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9abded42..00000000
--- a/requests/__about__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# .-. .-. .-. . . .-. .-. .-. .-.
-# |(  |-  |.| | | |-  `-.  |  `-.
-# ' ' `-' `-`.`-' `-' `-'  '  `-'
-
-__title__ = 'requests'
-__description__ = 'Python HTTP for Humans.'
-__url__ = 'http://python-requests.org'
-__version__ = '2.14.2'
-__build__ = 0x021402
-__author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
-__author_email__ = 'me@kennethreitz.org'
-__license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2017 Kenneth Reitz'
-__cake__ = u'✨ 🍰 ✨ Thanks for using my software. It means the world to me. --kennethreitz'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index f1ca5318..3cc7ded8 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ is at <http://python-requests.org>.
 :license: Apache 2.0, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-from .__about__ import __title__, __description__, __url__, __version__
-from .__about__ import __build__, __author__, __author_email__, __license__
-from .__about__ import __copyright__, __cake__
+from .__version__ import __title__, __description__, __url__, __version__
+from .__version__ import __build__, __author__, __author_email__, __license__
+from .__version__ import __copyright__, __cake__
 
 # Attempt to enable urllib3's SNI support, if possible
 try:
diff --git a/requests/utils.py b/requests/utils.py
index b2a46abd..08a97fa8 100644
--- a/requests/utils.py
+++ b/requests/utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import socket
 import struct
 import warnings
 
-from .__about__ import __version__
+from .__version__ import __version__
 from . import certs
 # to_native_string is unused here, but imported here for backwards compatibility
 from ._internal_utils import to_native_string
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fd8a1716..534b23aa 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ requires = []
 test_requirements = ['pytest>=2.8.0', 'pytest-httpbin==0.0.7', 'pytest-cov', 'pytest-mock']
 
 about = {}
-with open(os.path.join(here, 'requests', '__about__.py')) as f:
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'requests', '__version__.py')) as f:
     exec(f.read(), about)
 
 with open('README.rst', 'r', 'utf-8') as f: