diff --git a/scripts/supybot b/scripts/supybot
index ccd82f36c..ac8e06ee8 100755
--- a/scripts/supybot
+++ b/scripts/supybot
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # --connect (commands to run afterConnect)
     # --config (configuration values)
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='Usage: %prog [options] configFile',
-                                   version='supybot 0.76.1')
+                                   version='supybot 0.71.1')
     parser.add_option('-P', '--profile', action='store_true', dest='profile',
                       help='enables profiling')
     parser.add_option('-O', action='count', dest='optimize',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0404b1320..b1281d609 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ otherFiles = glob.glob(os.path.join('others', '*.py'))
 pluginFiles = glob.glob(os.path.join('plugins', '*.py'))
 
 # This is a terrible hack.
-previousInstall = os.path.join(get_python_lib(), 'supybot')
-if os.path.exists(previousInstall):
-    try:
-        shutil.rmtree(previousInstall)
-    except Exception, e:
-        print 'Couldn\'t remove former installation: %s' % e
-        print 'Remove by hand and then run this script.'
-        sys.exit(-1)
+## previousInstall = os.path.join(get_python_lib(), 'supybot')
+## if os.path.exists(previousInstall):
+##     try:
+##         shutil.rmtree(previousInstall)
+##     except Exception, e:
+##         print 'Couldn\'t remove former installation: %s' % e
+##         print 'Remove by hand and then run this script.'
+##         sys.exit(-1)
 
 setup(
     # Metadata
     name='supybot',
-    version='0.77.0+cvs',
+    version='0.77.1',
     url='http://supybot.sf.net/',
     author='Jeremy Fincher',
     author_email='jemfinch@users.sf.net',
diff --git a/src/conf.py b/src/conf.py
index 5482e3aff..0da865522 100644
--- a/src/conf.py
+++ b/src/conf.py
@@ -481,6 +481,6 @@ supybot.register('plugins') # This will be used by plugins, but not here.
 ###############################
 ###############################
 ###############################
-version ='0.77.0+cvs'
+version ='0.77.1'
 
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