diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 852ab649..fa75a222 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "mvesuvio"
-dynamic = ["version"]
+# dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "0.0.1"
 authors = [
   {name = "The Mantid Project", email = "mantid-help@mantidproject.org"},
   {name = "Guilherme Pereira", email = "gui.maciel-pereira@stfc.ac.uk"},
@@ -69,21 +70,21 @@ fail_under = 0
 show_missing = true
 skip_empty = true
 
-[tool.versioningit.vcs]
-method = "git"
-default-tag = "0.0.1"
-match = ["v*"]
-
-[tool.versioningit.next-version]
-method = "minor"
-
-[tool.versioningit.format]
+# [tool.versioningit.vcs]
+# method = "git"
+# default-tag = "0.0.1"
+# match = ["v*"]
+#
+# [tool.versioningit.next-version]
+# method = "minor"
+#
+# [tool.versioningit.format]
 # distance = "{version}.dev{distance}"
 # dirty = "{version}+uncommitted"
 # distance-dirty = "{version}.dev{distance}+uncommitted"
-distance = "{version}"
-dirty = "{version}"
-distance-dirty = "{version}"
-
-[tool.versioningit.write]
-file = "mvesuvio/_version.py"
+# # distance = "{version}"
+# # dirty = "{version}"
+# # distance-dirty = "{version}"
+#
+# [tool.versioningit.write]
+# file = "mvesuvio/_version.py"