diff --git a/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt b/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt
index af4e8e749a827b113267d557ba89f7071277ff14..cd7de488f0d9b7630c7bf242eaefc6e036582af4 100644
--- a/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ endif(MACOSX)
 add_custom_target(copy_python_files ALL
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/python ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/python
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy 
-        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/VERSION 
     COMMENT "Copying required python files and other files to build directory"
     VERBATIM
     )