diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a0ee3f..7dbc8ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ coverage.html
 
 .DS_Store
 dist/
+lib/version.ts
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 863fe55..2312dc5 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-npx ts-node ./check-version.ts
 npx lint-staged
diff --git a/check-version.ts b/check-version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f993d4c..0000000
--- a/check-version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { version as hardCodedVersion } from './lib/version';
-import packageJson from './package.json';
-
-if (packageJson.version !== hardCodedVersion) {
-  console.error(`You need to update \`./lib/version.ts\` to match the version in package.json before committing!
-
-package.json version: \x1B[1;32m${packageJson.version}\x1B[m
-hard coded version:   \x1B[1;31m${hardCodedVersion}\x1B[m`);
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-process.exit(0);
diff --git a/lib/version.ts b/lib/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8719051..0000000
--- a/lib/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export const version = '4.5.1';
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d667c3..b36664a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,13 +82,12 @@
   "repository": "customerio/customerio-node",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "nyc ava",
-    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
+    "build": "node update-version.js && tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
     "format": "prettier --write .",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
-    "prepare": "husky",
-    "version": "node update-version.js"
+    "prepare": "(husky || true) && node update-version.js"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.{js,json,md,ts,yml,yaml}": "prettier --write",