diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4030420..345fa18 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('libei', 'c',
-  version: '0.99.2',
+  version: '1.0.0',
   license: 'MIT',
   default_options: [ 'c_std=gnu99', 'warning_level=2' ],
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.0')
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ libei_api_dir = 'libei-@0@'.format(libei_api_version)
 
 # We use the same soname across all our libraries and they track the project
 # version. If we have ABI incompatible changes, bump the project major version.
-if libei_version_major < 1
-    soname = '1.0.0'  # Remove after the 1.0 release
-else
-    soname = meson.project_version()
-endif
+soname = meson.project_version()
 
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 fs = import('fs')