diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b9a37c7ce49675960d36e27930927265336453dd..4eb717af2f5ab20eb9302323f12d00680d4c998b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ISRELEASED = False
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 8
 MICRO = 0
-PRE = "dev"  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
+PRE = "" # "dev"  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)