diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 578bae81..57a1972e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import re
 import subprocess
 
 from glob import glob as _glob
@@ -20,18 +19,11 @@ try:  # get commit from git describe
         vfile.write(f'{commit}\n')
 except Exception:  # get commit from Ubuntu dpkg-parsechangelog
     try:
-        dpkg = subprocess.check_output(['dpkg-parsechangelog'], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).strip().decode()
-        print('DPKG', dpkg)
-        match = re.search(r'\nVersion: (.*)~', dpkg)
-        print('VERSION', match.group(0), match.group(1))
+        version = subprocess.check_output(['dpkg-parsechangelog', '--show-field', 'Version'],
+                                          stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).strip().decode()
+        version = version.split('~')
         with open('lib/solaar/commit', 'w') as vfile:
-            vfile.write(f'{match.group(1)}\n')
-        print('Version', subprocess.check_output(['dpkg-parsechangelog', '--show-field', 'Version']).strip().decode())
-        print('version', subprocess.check_output(['dpkg-parsechangelog', '--show-field', 'version']).strip().decode())
-        print('Version', subprocess.check_output(['dpkg-parsechangelog', '--show-field=Version']).strip().decode())
-        print('version', subprocess.check_output(['dpkg-parsechangelog', '--show-field=version']).strip().decode())
-        #        with open('lib/solaar/commit', 'w') as vfile:
-        #    vfile.write(f'{commit]}\n')
+            vfile.write(f'{version[0]}\n')
     except Exception as e:
         print('Exception using dpkg-parsechangelog', e)