diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae289127a790ccfb9e21922da1f7e44863831a8d..2dda6132bb1219870a26b0b197ec4b52c055d439 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.3.1
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.3
 
 * added an option to build every file as a separate extension, for
diff --git a/example/example_module/__init__.py b/example/example_module/__init__.py
index e3a236add01b14f378ff1dcdcf057ec64e12d161..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 100644
--- a/example/example_module/__init__.py
+++ b/example/example_module/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-from example_module.__bootstrap__ import bootstrap_cython_submodules
-bootstrap_cython_submodules()
diff --git a/snakehouse/__init__.py b/snakehouse/__init__.py
index f119509d229efef91cc5c85b5933073aff3dd583..22a747f2be629545c2770e432d07263356597189 100644
--- a/snakehouse/__init__.py
+++ b/snakehouse/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ from .build import build
 from .multibuild import Multibuild
 from .faster_builds import monkey_patch_parallel_compilation
 
-__version__ = '1.3'
+__version__ = '1.3.1a1'