diff --git a/lib/updater.js b/lib/updater.js
index 6d1391deae..ac41da4c64 100644
--- a/lib/updater.js
+++ b/lib/updater.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // true. This will make it act as if it is at version 0.1.0 and use test URLs
 // for update checks.
 var testingUpdater = false;
-exports.CURRENT_VERSION = testingUpdater ? "0.1.0" : "0.5.9";
 
 var fs = require("fs");
 var http = require("http");