diff --git a/requests/__version__.py b/requests/__version__.py
index 7b467d57..7f37172e 100644
--- a/requests/__version__.py
+++ b/requests/__version__.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ __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'
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+__cake__ = u'✨ 🍰 ✨'