diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index 7c3af96..ed5b451 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== 0.4.5 / ?
+== 0.4.5 / 2009-08-10
 
 * Major enhancements
 
diff --git a/lib/webrat.rb b/lib/webrat.rb
index dd4ba8f..4985ccb 100644
--- a/lib/webrat.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ module Webrat
   class WebratError < StandardError
   end
 
-  VERSION = '0.4.4'
-
   def self.require_xml
     if on_java?
       gem "nokogiri", ">= 1.2.4"