diff --git a/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py b/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
index d5379405e..5d43584a9 100644
--- a/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
+++ b/extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 START_TIME = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S %d-%m-%Y", time.gmtime())
 SQLMAP_HOME = "/opt/sqlmap"
-REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 
 SMTP_SERVER = "127.0.0.1"
 SMTP_PORT = 25
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ SMTP_TIMEOUT = 30
 FROM = "regressiontest@sqlmap.org"
 #TO = "dev@sqlmap.org"
 TO = ["bernardo.damele@gmail.com", "miroslav.stampar@gmail.com"]
-SUBJECT = "regression test started on %s using revision %s" % (START_TIME, REVISION)
+SUBJECT = "regression test started on %s using revision %s" % (START_TIME, getRevisionNumber())
 TARGET = "debian"
 
 def prepare_email(content):
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 089e6db27..cf1bcf0dd 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ from lib.core.datatype import AttribDict
 from lib.core.enums import DBMS
 from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
-from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.10.21"
-REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
+VERSION = "1.0.10.22"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/core/update.py b/lib/core/update.py
index c88ae74a6..a1c92232f 100644
--- a/lib/core/update.py
+++ b/lib/core/update.py
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ def update():
             stderr = getSafeExString(ex)
 
         if success:
-            import lib.core.settings
-            _ = lib.core.settings.REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
-            logger.info("%s the latest revision '%s'" % ("already at" if "Already" in stdout else "updated to", _))
+            logger.info("%s the latest revision '%s'" % ("already at" if "Already" in stdout else "updated to", getRevisionNumber()))
         else:
             if "Not a git repository" in stderr:
                 errMsg = "not a valid git repository. Please checkout the 'sqlmapproject/sqlmap' repository "
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 6c88d7fe9..cbd5b6d38 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ d229479d02d21b29f209143cb0547780  extra/shellcodeexec/linux/shellcodeexec.x32_
 c55b400b72acc43e0e59c87dd8bb8d75  extra/shellcodeexec/windows/shellcodeexec.x32.exe_
 b46521e29ea3d813bab5aeb16cac6498  extra/shutils/duplicates.py
 4bf52b3fd5e906b9bbe104dda769f5c5  extra/shutils/pylint.py
-05615626222060120450518136b14ba9  extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
+a8dd1f5799ed863a80b94c36b5428528  extra/shutils/regressiontest.py
 cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  extra/sqlharvest/__init__.py
 4f2f817596540d82f9fcc0c5b2228beb  extra/sqlharvest/sqlharvest.py
 2daa39e4d59526acb4772b6c47eb315f  lib/controller/action.py
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ e60456db5380840a586654344003d4e6  lib/core/readlineng.py
 5ef56abb8671c2ca6ceecb208258e360  lib/core/replication.py
 99a2b496b9d5b546b335653ca801153f  lib/core/revision.py
 7c15dd2777af4dac2c89cab6df17462e  lib/core/session.py
-5a6d84960ff31279407075c65fc09d7f  lib/core/settings.py
+a9bda44aa2a28b50254faadb508a6539  lib/core/settings.py
 7af83e4f18cab6dff5e67840eb65be80  lib/core/shell.py
 23657cd7d924e3c6d225719865855827  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 c3ace7874a536d801f308cf1fd03df99  lib/core/target.py
 d43f059747ffd48952922c94152e2a07  lib/core/testing.py
 2cafee22d9f8018e7efff0a5e3178596  lib/core/threads.py
 53c15b78e0288274f52410db25406432  lib/core/unescaper.py
-6bdc53e2ca152ff8cd35ad671e48a96b  lib/core/update.py
+60100cb265ae8bb903b760c7b7a3a7f3  lib/core/update.py
 8485a3cd94c0a5af2718bad60c5f1ae5  lib/core/wordlist.py
 cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  lib/__init__.py
 c1288bc4ce5651dbdd82d4a9435fdc03  lib/parse/banner.py