diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b77a59e351c324e0f25ba793b9199bd074df0fb8..05ac0037146fae19f0631a63c0d7a7102a5636a2 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "name": "grpc/grpc",
   "type": "library",
   "description": "gRPC library for PHP",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
   "keywords": ["rpc"],
   "homepage": "http://grpc.io",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/templates/composer.json.template b/templates/composer.json.template
index 275b4655ced4f792025ec6a3f9397b71bdf3c1b4..7d2029c218f9974ce45b224ad4f520e43fa7f6e4 100644
--- a/templates/composer.json.template
+++ b/templates/composer.json.template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     "name": "grpc/grpc",
     "type": "library",
     "description": "gRPC library for PHP",
-    "version": "${settings.php_version.php()}",
     "keywords": ["rpc"],
     "homepage": "http://grpc.io",
     "license": "BSD-3-Clause",