diff --git a/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h b/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h
index b9537eb..a9a4300 100644
--- a/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h
+++ b/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H
 #define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H
 
-#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION "0.11.7"
+#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION "0.11.8"
 
 #endif  // HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H
diff --git a/tools/update-version.sh b/tools/update-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9c563ed..0000000
--- a/tools/update-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-# Shell script to update HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H to a specific version
-
-BASE_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)
-HDR_DIR="$BASE_DIR/include/hdr"
-HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H=$HDR_DIR/hdr_histogram_version.h
-NEW_VERSION=$1
-
-if [ "$#" -le 0 ]; then
-  echo "Error: please provide a version to update to"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep "#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H" $HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H | sed -n "s/^.*VERSION_H \"\(.*\)\"/\1/p")
-
-echo "Comparing $NEW_VERSION with $CURRENT_VERSION"
-
-if [ "$NEW_VERSION" = "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
-  echo "Skipped because is already on the latest version."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-echo "Replacing $CURRENT_VERSION with new version $NEW_VERSION"
-
-sed -i '' -e "s/#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H \"$CURRENT_VERSION\"/#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H \"$NEW_VERSION\"/g" $HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H
-
-echo "All done!"
-
-echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION"