diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ab9138a..8e4ced55 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 # setuptools_scm>=8
-#version_file = "tinyusdz/_version.py"
+#version_file = "python/tinyusdz/_version.py"
 
 # setuptools_scm<8
-write_to = "tinyusdz/_version.py"
+write_to = "python/tinyusdz/_version.py"
 
diff --git a/python/tinyusdz/_version.py b/python/tinyusdz/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 647a8d89..00000000
--- a/python/tinyusdz/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v0.8.0rc7