diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5b6c6ea..cb5720f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -31,13 +31,7 @@ end
 group :development do
   gem 'github_changelog_generator', git: 'https://github.com/skywinder/github-changelog-generator', ref: '20ee04ba1234e9e83eb2ffb5056e23d641c7a018' if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup) >= Gem::Version.new('2.2.2')
   gem 'pry'
-  if RUBY_VERSION[0..2] == '1.9'
-    gem 'pry-debugger'
-  elsif RUBY_VERSION[0] == '2'
-    gem 'pry-byebug'
-  end
+  gem 'pry-byebug'
 end
 
-gem 'json',      '<= 1.8'    if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
-gem 'json_pure', '<= 2.0.1'  if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
-gem 'rubocop',   '<= 0.47.0' if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0.0'
+gem 'rubocop', '<= 0.47.0'
diff --git a/lib/puppet-strings/version.rb b/lib/puppet-strings/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84845ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet-strings/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module PuppetStrings
+  VERSION = '2.0.0'.freeze
+end
diff --git a/puppet-strings.gemspec b/puppet-strings.gemspec
index ae691c5..6e7236f 100644
--- a/puppet-strings.gemspec
+++ b/puppet-strings.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'puppet-strings/version'
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'puppet-strings'
   s.author = 'Puppet Inc.'
-  s.version = '2.0.0'
+  s.version = PuppetStrings::VERSION
   s.license = 'Apache-2.0'
   s.summary = 'Puppet documentation via YARD'
   s.email = 'info@puppet.com'