diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 7ca7b41efb10cdd3e6225cfda172b309d6c2b686..cf5eca52b84e50722e191e983e7a681fea07c9b3 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -12,14 +12,8 @@ task :default => :test
 
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
-  if File.exist?('VERSION')
-    version = File.read('VERSION')
-  else
-    version = ""
-  end
-
   rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
-  rdoc.title = "geocoder #{version}"
+  rdoc.title = "Geocoder #{Geocoder::VERSION}"
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('*.rdoc')
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
 end