diff --git a/src/version.rs b/src/version.rs
index 75441d9..00751ce 100644
--- a/src/version.rs
+++ b/src/version.rs
@@ -290,12 +290,6 @@ pub struct Version {
     /// > identifier by a plus. Local version labels have no specific semantics assigned, but some
     /// > syntactic restrictions are imposed.
     pub local: Option<Vec<LocalSegment>>,
-    /// The first item of release or 0 if unavailable.
-    pub major: usize,
-    /// The second item of release or 0 if unavailable.
-    pub minor: usize,
-    /// The third item of release or 0 if unavailable.
-    pub micro: usize,
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "pyo3")]
@@ -353,17 +347,17 @@ impl PyVersion {
     /// The first item of release or 0 if unavailable.
     #[getter]
     pub fn major(&self) -> usize {
-        self.0.major
+        if !self.release().is_empty() {self.release()[0]} else {0}
     }
     /// The second item of release or 0 if unavailable.
     #[getter]
     pub fn minor(&self) -> usize {
-        self.0.minor
+        if self.release().len() > 1 {self.release()[1]} else {0}
     }
     /// The third item of release or 0 if unavailable.
     #[getter]
     pub fn micro(&self) -> usize {
-        self.0.micro
+        if self.release().len() > 2 {self.release()[2]} else {0}
     }
 
     /// Parses a PEP 440 version string
@@ -448,9 +442,6 @@ impl Version {
             post: None,
             dev: None,
             local: None,
-            major: 0,
-            minor: 0,
-            micro: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -789,9 +780,7 @@ impl Version {
             .split('.')
             .map(|segment| segment.parse::<usize>().map_err(|err| err.to_string()))
             .collect::<Result<Vec<usize>, String>>()?;
-        let major = if !release.is_empty() { release[0] } else { 0 };
-        let minor = if release.len() >= 2 { release[1] } else { 0 };
-        let micro = if release.len() >= 3 { release[2] } else { 0 };
+
         let star = captures.name("trailing_dot_star").is_some();
         if star {
             if pre.is_some() {
@@ -817,9 +806,6 @@ impl Version {
             post,
             dev,
             local,
-            major,
-            minor,
-            micro,
         };
         Ok((version, star))
     }
diff --git a/src/version_specifier.rs b/src/version_specifier.rs
index 5ff4a21..af3a5bd 100644
--- a/src/version_specifier.rs
+++ b/src/version_specifier.rs
@@ -1039,9 +1039,6 @@ mod test {
                         post: None,
                         dev: None,
                         local: None,
-                        major: 0,
-                        minor: 9,
-                        micro: 0,
                     }
                 },
                 VersionSpecifier {
@@ -1053,9 +1050,6 @@ mod test {
                         post: None,
                         dev: None,
                         local: None,
-                        major: 1,
-                        minor: 0,
-                        micro: 0,
                     }
                 },
                 VersionSpecifier {
@@ -1067,9 +1061,6 @@ mod test {
                         post: None,
                         dev: None,
                         local: None,
-                        major: 1,
-                        minor: 3,
-                        micro: 4,
                     }
                 },
                 VersionSpecifier {
@@ -1081,9 +1072,6 @@ mod test {
                         post: None,
                         dev: None,
                         local: None,
-                        major: 2,
-                        minor: 0,
-                        micro: 0,
                     }
                 }
             ]