diff --git a/src/msspec/version.py b/src/msspec/version.py
index ebf350c..bc5a91b 100644
--- a/src/msspec/version.py
+++ b/src/msspec/version.py
@@ -37,23 +37,15 @@ try:
     cmd = ["git describe|sed 's/-\([0-9]\+\)-.*/.dev\\1/g'"]
     result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
     __version__ = result.stdout.decode('utf-8').strip()
-    if __version__ != "":
-        print("from git: ", __version__)
-    else:
-        raise NameError("Not a git repo")
 except Exception as err:
-    print(err)
     try:
         thisfile_path = os.path.abspath(__file__)
         thisfile_dir = os.path.dirname(thisfile_path)
         versionfile = os.path.join(thisfile_dir, "./VERSION")
         with open(versionfile, "r") as fd:
             __version__ = fd.readline().strip()
-            print("from VERSION: ", __version__)
     except Exception as err:
         try:
             __version__ = version(PKGNAME)
-            print("from metadata: ", __version__)
         except Exception as err:
-            print("Unable to get the version number!")
             __version__ = "0.0.0"