diff --git a/doc/en/Makefile b/doc/en/Makefile
index 8621f779c70..5499c405ed1 100644
--- a/doc/en/Makefile
+++ b/doc/en/Makefile
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ REGENDOC_ARGS := \
 	--normalize "@/tmp/pytest-of-.*/pytest-\d+@PYTEST_TMPDIR@" \
 
 
-
 .PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest
 
-    
+
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
 	@echo "  html       to make standalone HTML files"
@@ -36,22 +35,6 @@ help:
 clean:
 	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
 
-SITETARGET=$(shell ./_getdoctarget.py)
-
-showtarget:
-	@echo $(SITETARGET)
-
-install: html
-	 # for access talk to someone with login rights to
-	 # pytest-dev@pytest.org to add your ssh key
-	 rsync -avz _build/html/ pytest-dev@pytest.org:pytest.org/$(SITETARGET)
-
-installpdf: latexpdf
-	@scp $(BUILDDIR)/latex/pytest.pdf pytest-dev@pytest.org:pytest.org/$(SITETARGET)
-
-installall: clean install installpdf
-	@echo "done"
-
 regen:
 	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 COLUMNS=76 regendoc --update *.rst */*.rst ${REGENDOC_ARGS}
 
diff --git a/doc/en/_getdoctarget.py b/doc/en/_getdoctarget.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 20e487bb738..00000000000
--- a/doc/en/_getdoctarget.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import py
-
-def get_version_string():
-    fn = py.path.local(__file__).join("..", "..", "..",
-                                      "_pytest", "__init__.py")
-    for line in fn.readlines():
-        if "version" in line and not line.strip().startswith('#'):
-            return eval(line.split("=")[-1])
-
-def get_minor_version_string():
-    return ".".join(get_version_string().split(".")[:2])
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print (get_minor_version_string())
diff --git a/doc/en/conf.py b/doc/en/conf.py
index 1c15c17fc68..f3b8d7d1e73 100644
--- a/doc/en/conf.py
+++ b/doc/en/conf.py
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 
 import os, sys
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
-import _getdoctarget
-
-version = _getdoctarget.get_minor_version_string()
-release = _getdoctarget.get_version_string()
+from _pytest import __version__ as version
+release = ".".join(version.split(".")[:2])
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the