diff --git a/pyramid/__init__.py b/pyramid/__init__.py
index 1955ff0761abe831cdc6e99329570a87893010a9..4b1b1760dca8faf97826aea4262677ff374e0800 100644
--- a/pyramid/__init__.py
+++ b/pyramid/__init__.py
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ from .ramp import *
 from .quaternion import *
 from .file_io import *
 from .version import version as __version__
-from .version import hg_revision as __hg_revision__
+from .version import git_revision as __git_revision__
 
 import logging
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-_log.info("Starting Pyramid V{} HG{}".format(__version__, __hg_revision__))
+_log.info("Starting Pyramid V-{} GIT-{}".format(__version__, __git_revision__))
 del logging
 
 __all__ = ['analytic', 'magcreator', 'reconstruction', 'fieldconverter',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 41b70814629d89dc7d6a3cb88b6ed482cfaebeb3..c8b3ea1c4d7595181edf6e4f63699b4aea4cd1cc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ try:
 except Exception:
     git_rev = "???"
 # Write both to version.py:
-version_string =
 with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'pyramid', 'version.py'), 'w') as vfile:
     vfile.write('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n' +
                 '""""This file was automatically generated by `setup.py`"""\n' +