diff --git a/client/app/VERSION b/client/app/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index bd841cdb5c..0000000000
--- a/client/app/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.6.1-pre
diff --git a/client/cmd/dexc-desktop/pkg/pkg-darwin.sh b/client/cmd/dexc-desktop/pkg/pkg-darwin.sh
index 488a1c5c25..95a71b95aa 100755
--- a/client/cmd/dexc-desktop/pkg/pkg-darwin.sh
+++ b/client/cmd/dexc-desktop/pkg/pkg-darwin.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -o pipefail;
 export GOWORK=off
 
 # For release set metadata to "release".
-VER=`cat ../../../app/VERSION`
+VER="0.7.0-pre"
 META= # "release"
 BUILD_VER="1.0.0" # increment for every build.
 OS_FULL_VERSION="$(sw_vers | sed -n 2p | cut -d : -f 2 | tr -d '[:space:]' | cut -c1-)"