diff --git a/octodns/cmds/args.py b/octodns/cmds/args.py
index 52b42da..1aefbea 100644
--- a/octodns/cmds/args.py
+++ b/octodns/cmds/args.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from sys import stderr, stdout
 
 from yaml import safe_load
 
-from octodns import __VERSION__
+from octodns import __version__
 
 
 class ArgumentParser(_Base):
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ArgumentParser(_Base):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def parse_args(self, default_log_level=INFO):
-        version = f'octoDNS {__VERSION__}'
+        version = f'octoDNS {__version__}'
         self.add_argument(
             '--version',
             action='version',
diff --git a/octodns/manager.py b/octodns/manager.py
index 1753269..3ec163c 100644
--- a/octodns/manager.py
+++ b/octodns/manager.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from logging import getLogger
 from os import environ
 from sys import stdout
 
-from . import __VERSION__
+from . import __version__
 from .idna import IdnaDict, idna_decode, idna_encode
 from .processor.arpa import AutoArpa
 from .processor.meta import MetaProcessor
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Manager(object):
     def __init__(
         self, config_file, max_workers=None, include_meta=False, auto_arpa=False
     ):
-        version = self._try_version('octodns', version=__VERSION__)
+        version = self._try_version('octodns', version=__version__)
         self.log.info(
             '__init__: config_file=%s, (octoDNS %s)', config_file, version
         )
@@ -308,7 +308,10 @@ class Manager(object):
         # finally try and import the module and see if it has a __VERSION__
         if module is None:
             module = import_module(module_name)
-        return getattr(module, '__VERSION__', None)
+        # TODO: remove the __VERSION__ fallback eventually?
+        return getattr(
+            module, '__version__', getattr(module, '__VERSION__', None)
+        )
 
     def _import_module(self, module_name):
         current = module_name
diff --git a/octodns/processor/meta.py b/octodns/processor/meta.py
index c9e4a05..ee56ef8 100644
--- a/octodns/processor/meta.py
+++ b/octodns/processor/meta.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from logging import getLogger
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-from .. import __VERSION__
+from .. import __version__
 from ..record import Record
 from .base import BaseProcessor
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class MetaProcessor(BaseProcessor):
             uuid = self.uuid() if include_uuid else None
             values.append(f'uuid={uuid}')
         if include_version:
-            values.append(f'octodns-version={__VERSION__}')
+            values.append(f'octodns-version={__version__}')
         self.include_provider = include_provider
         values.sort()
         self.values = values
diff --git a/script/changelog b/script/changelog
index 4257b67..c270fb9 100755
--- a/script/changelog
+++ b/script/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION=v$(grep __VERSION__ octodns/__init__.py | sed -e "s/^[^']*'//" -e "s/'$//")
+VERSION=v$(grep __version__ octodns/__init__.py | sed -e "s/^[^']*'//" -e "s/'$//")
 echo $VERSION
 git log --pretty="%h - %cr - %s (%an)" "${VERSION}..HEAD"
diff --git a/script/sdist b/script/sdist
deleted file mode 100755
index 1ab0949..0000000
--- a/script/sdist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
-    echo "Changes in local directory, commit or clear" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-python setup.py sdist
-TARBALL="dist/octodns-$SHA.tar.gz"
-mv dist/octodns-0.*.tar.gz "$TARBALL"
-
-echo "Created $TARBALL"