Drop obsolete VERSION statements

[lgoettgens]

Needs #1209 to be merged first.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 76.35%. Comparing base (ea2fedd) to head (9d00941).
Report is 3 commits behind head on master.

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##           master    #1208      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   76.42%   76.35%   -0.08%     
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  Files          55       55              
  Lines        4729     4719      -10     
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- Hits         3614     3603      -11     
- Misses       1115     1116       +1     

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
src/globals.jl	94.73% <ø> (-5.27%)	⬇️
src/utils.jl	72.97% <ø> (-2.03%)	⬇️

... and 4 files with indirect coverage changes

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