diff --git a/wxPython/setup.py b/wxPython/setup.py
index 0711a24bb7..58e4df6f91 100755
--- a/wxPython/setup.py
+++ b/wxPython/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ VER_MAJOR        = 2      # The first three must match wxWindows
 VER_MINOR        = 4
 VER_RELEASE      = 2
 VER_SUBREL       = 1       # wxPython release num for x.y.z release of wxWindows
-VER_FLAGS        = "p"     # release flags, such as prerelease num, unicode, etc.
+VER_FLAGS        = ""      # release flags, such as prerelease num, unicode, etc.
 
 DESCRIPTION      = "Cross platform GUI toolkit for Python"
 AUTHOR           = "Robin Dunn"
diff --git a/wxPython/src/__version__.py b/wxPython/src/__version__.py
index 6199dc3714..f4d153aa47 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/__version__.py
+++ b/wxPython/src/__version__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # This file was generated by setup.py...
 
-wxVERSION_STRING  = '2.4.2.1p'
+wxVERSION_STRING  = '2.4.2.1'
 wxMAJOR_VERSION   = 2
 wxMINOR_VERSION   = 4
 wxRELEASE_VERSION = 2
 wxSUBREL_VERSION  = 1
 
 wxVERSION = (wxMAJOR_VERSION, wxMINOR_VERSION, wxRELEASE_VERSION,
-             wxSUBREL_VERSION, 'p')
+             wxSUBREL_VERSION, '')
 
 wxRELEASE_NUMBER = wxRELEASE_VERSION  # for compatibility