diff --git a/docs/whatsnew.rst b/docs/whatsnew.rst
index 1cde2a44..68790527 100644
--- a/docs/whatsnew.rst
+++ b/docs/whatsnew.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 What's New
 **********
 
-What's new in version 0.17 (2018-10-19)
+What's new in version 0.17.1 (2019-10-30)
+=========================================
+This release address a packaging error because of an erroneous declaration that
+any built wheels are universal.
+
+What's new in version 0.17.0 (2018-10-19)
 =========================================
 
 This is a major bug-fix release, including:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2e9053c0..498ec14a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
-
 [metadata]
 license_file = LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/src/future/__init__.py b/src/future/__init__.py
index 211fb43b..f7a6fbeb 100644
--- a/src/future/__init__.py
+++ b/src/future/__init__.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013-2018 Python Charmers Pty Ltd'
 __ver_major__ = 0
 __ver_minor__ = 17
-__ver_patch__ = 0
+__ver_patch__ = 1
 __ver_sub__ = ''
 __version__ = "%d.%d.%d%s" % (__ver_major__, __ver_minor__,
                               __ver_patch__, __ver_sub__)