diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 89c22a2f8..07bad3a12 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ update_revision:
     - git clone -q git@git.damask.mpie.de:damask/DAMASK.git .
     - git pull
     - VERSION=$(git describe ${CI_COMMIT_SHA})
-    - export VERSION="${VERSION:1:-1}"
+    - export VERSION="${VERSION:1}"
     - echo ${VERSION} > python/damask/VERSION
     - >
        git diff-index --quiet HEAD ||
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index 89a3cacf5..30107fd10 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ classifiers =
 
 [options]
 packages = damask
-zip_safe = false
 include_package_data = true
 python_requires = >= 3.8
 install_requires =
     importlib-metadata; python_version<"3.8"
-    pandas; python_version<="0.24"                                                                           # requires numpy
-    numpy; python_version<="1.17"                                                                            # needed for default_rng
+    pandas; python_version<="0.24"                                                                  # requires numpy
+    numpy; python_version<="1.17"                                                                   # needed for default_rng
     scipy; python_version<="1.2"
-    h5py; python_version<="2.9"                                                                              # requires numpy
+    h5py; python_version<="2.9"                                                                     # requires numpy
     vtk; python_version<="8.1"
-    matplotlib; python_version<="3.0"                                                                        # requires numpy, pillow
+    matplotlib; python_version<="3.0"                                                               # requires numpy, pillow
     pyyaml; python_version<="3.12"
 setup_requires = setuptools