diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9ce6037..8163c498 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "coffee-script": "~1.11.0",
     "resin-lint": "^1.3.1",
-    "versionist": "^2.6.2"
+    "versionist": "^2.8.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/versionist.conf.js b/versionist.conf.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cd23a93..00000000
--- a/versionist.conf.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = require('versionist/versionist.conf')