diff --git a/utils/pypi/gmsh/setup.py.in b/utils/pypi/gmsh/setup.py.in
index 0669aaf7b9cadb09dd68690b4f0bca99bf20936d..eb109dfc13a191f7120c0c57b27ffd8189114981 100644
--- a/utils/pypi/gmsh/setup.py.in
+++ b/utils/pypi/gmsh/setup.py.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from setuptools.command.install import install
 # Server and gmsh version
 server = 'https://gmsh.info/bin'
 version = '${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_PATCH_VERSION}'
-iversion = version + '.post3' # installer version (add e.g. '.post1' for update)
+iversion = version + '' # installer version (add e.g. '.post1' for update)
 
 # Determine file name and and url to be downloaded and installed
 system = platform.system().lower()