diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 46b9c1b1..5c6ffbba 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <project default="all">
-	<property name="version" value="0.17"/>
+	<property file="version.properties"/>
 
 	<target name="clean">
 		<delete dir="build"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e4782e2c..00000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>luaj</groupId>
-    <artifactId>luaj</artifactId>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>LuaJ Interpreter</name>
-
-    <build>
-        <finalName>luaj</finalName>
-    </build>
-
-    <dependencies>
-    	<dependency>
-    		<groupId>junit</groupId>
-    		<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-    		<version>3.8.1</version>
-    		<scope>test</scope>
-    	</dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..692c9c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version: 0.18
\ No newline at end of file