diff --git a/grape-middleware-logger.gemspec b/grape-middleware-logger.gemspec
index ed749b5..07bbadd 100644
--- a/grape-middleware-logger.gemspec
+++ b/grape-middleware-logger.gemspec
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
-require 'grape/middleware/logger/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = 'grape-middleware-logger'
-  spec.version       = Grape::Middleware::Logger::VERSION
+  spec.version       = '1.1.1'
   spec.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   spec.authors       = ['Ryan Buckley']
   spec.email         = ['arebuckley@gmail.com']
diff --git a/lib/grape/middleware/logger.rb b/lib/grape/middleware/logger.rb
index 4c79a47..94d383f 100644
--- a/lib/grape/middleware/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/middleware/logger.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 require 'logger'
 require 'grape'
 
-# avoid superclass mismatch when version file gets loaded first
-Grape::Middleware.send :remove_const, :Logger if defined? Grape::Middleware::Logger
 class Grape::Middleware::Logger < Grape::Middleware::Globals
   def before
     start_time
@@ -80,5 +78,3 @@ class Grape::Middleware::Logger < Grape::Middleware::Globals
     @logger ||= defined?(Rails) && Rails.logger.present? ? Rails.logger : Logger.new(STDOUT)
   end
 end
-
-require 'grape/middleware/logger/version'
diff --git a/lib/grape/middleware/logger/version.rb b/lib/grape/middleware/logger/version.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a3eecc2..0000000
--- a/lib/grape/middleware/logger/version.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-module Grape
-  module Middleware
-    class Logger
-      VERSION = '1.1.1'
-    end
-  end
-end