diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7c9c16d4..91cb683c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ sessiondir = join_paths(datadir, 'gnome-session', 'sessions')
 xsessiondir = join_paths(datadir, 'xsessions')
 
 ver_arr = meson.project_version().split('.')
-if ver_arr[1].version_compare('>=0')
-  shell_version = ver_arr[0]
-else # pre-release (alpha, beta, rc)
-  shell_version = '.'.join(ver_arr)
-endif
+shell_version = '@0@.0'.format(ver_arr[0])
 
 uuid_suffix = '@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com'