diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 40a594ff..3885e3b3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ install:
 - npm --production=false install
 - npm --production=false update
 before_deploy:
+- npm --no-git-tag-version version 0.1.0-prerelease.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
 - git config --global user.email $(git log --pretty=format:"%ae" -n1)
 - git config --global user.name $(git log --pretty=format:"%an" -n1)
-- VPKG=$($(npm bin)/json -f package.json version)
-- export VERSION=${VPKG/%?/}$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-- npm --no-git-tag-version version $VERSION
 deploy:
 - provider: script
   on:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 32614651..05d81460 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     "gh-pages": "github:rschamp/gh-pages#publish-branch-to-subfolder",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "2.30.0",
     "jest": "^20.0.4",
-    "json": "^9.0.6",
     "keymirror": "0.1.1",
     "lodash.bindall": "4.4.0",
     "lodash.defaultsdeep": "4.6.0",