diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ddd8ae2962..5bbcc3560d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "unsloth.__version__"}
+version = {attr = "unsloth.models._utils.__version__"}
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 include-package-data = false
diff --git a/unsloth/__init__.py b/unsloth/__init__.py
index ec6b36e34a..66c10e28e7 100644
--- a/unsloth/__init__.py
+++ b/unsloth/__init__.py
@@ -81,5 +81,4 @@ except:
 pass
 
 from .models import *
-from .models import __version__
 from .save import *
diff --git a/unsloth/models/__init__.py b/unsloth/models/__init__.py
index 2f9285d347..891947d69e 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/__init__.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ from .loader import FastLanguageModel
 from .llama import FastLlamaModel
 from .mistral import FastMistralModel
 from .dpo import PatchDPOTrainer
-from ._utils import __version__