diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 90bd4cb..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-erl_crash.dump
-
-.eunit/
-ebin/
-test/*.beam
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fd6c7b..0000000
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
-## use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy
-## of the License at
-##
-##   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-##
-## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-## WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
-## License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
-## the License.
-
-ets_lruebindir = $(localerlanglibdir)/ets_lru/ebin
-
-ets_lruebin_DATA = $(compiled_files)
-
-source_files = \
-	src/ets_lru.app.src \
-    src/ets_lru.erl
-
-compiled_files = \
-	ebin/ets_lru.app \
-    ebin/ets_lru.beam
-
-EXTRA_DIST = $(source_files)
-CLEANFILES = $(compiled_files)
-
-ebin/%.app: src/%.app.src
-	@mkdir -p ebin/
-	sed -e "s|%version%|@version@|g" < $< > $@
-
-ebin/%.beam: src/%.erl
-	@mkdir -p ebin/
-	$(ERLC) -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/src -o ebin/ $(ERLC_FLAGS) $<
diff --git a/src/ets_lru.app.src b/src/ets_lru.app.src
index 603c5d6..2573a0f 100644
--- a/src/ets_lru.app.src
+++ b/src/ets_lru.app.src
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 {application, ets_lru, [
     {description, "ETS Base LRU Cache"},
-    {vsn, "%version%"},
+    {vsn, git},
     {modules, [
         ets_lru
     ]},