diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index af0d61c..58988f3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 wrapt
 =====
 
-|Docs| |PyPI|
+|PyPI|
 
 The aim of the **wrapt** module is to provide a transparent object proxy
 for Python, which can be used as the basis for the construction of function
@@ -137,8 +137,3 @@ and unit tests, can be obtained from github.
 
 .. |PyPI| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/wrapt.svg?logo=python&cacheSeconds=3600
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wrapt
-
-.. |Docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/docs/badge/?version=latest
-   :alt: Documentation Status
-   :scale: 100%
-   :target: https://wrapt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest
diff --git a/src/wrapt/__init__.py b/src/wrapt/__init__.py
index 5f3fbfc..758a756 100644
--- a/src/wrapt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/wrapt/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version_info__ = ('1', '17', '0dev2')
+__version_info__ = ('1', '17', '0dev3')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 
 from .__wrapt__ import (ObjectProxy, CallableObjectProxy, FunctionWrapper,