diff --git a/ci/release/apply_wheel_modifications.sh b/ci/release/apply_wheel_modifications.sh
index ed3d2a15fd..efc8f0c77c 100755
--- a/ci/release/apply_wheel_modifications.sh
+++ b/ci/release/apply_wheel_modifications.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 VERSION=${1}
 CUDA_SUFFIX=${2}
 
-# __init__.py versions
-sed -i "s/__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"${VERSION}\"/g" python/pylibraft/pylibraft/__init__.py
-sed -i "s/__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"${VERSION}\"/g" python/raft-dask/raft_dask/__init__.py
-
 # pyproject.toml versions
 sed -i "s/^version = .*/version = \"${VERSION}\"/g" python/pylibraft/pyproject.toml
 sed -i "s/^version = .*/version = \"${VERSION}\"/g" python/raft-dask/pyproject.toml