diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7b5c5fc..f5ad0bb 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ clean :
 	-rm -f *.o *.s chronyc chronyd core *~
 	-rm -rf .deps
 
-version.h : version.txt
-	./mkversion
-
 getdate.c : ;
 getdate :
 	bison -o getdate.c getdate.y
@@ -127,8 +124,6 @@ install: chronyd chronyc
 %.s : %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -S $<
 
-main.o logging.o client.o : version.h
-
 # makeinfo v4 required to generate plain text and html
 MAKEINFO:=makeinfo
 
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index d73e3dc..0f84247 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "candm.h"
 #include "nameserv.h"
 #include "md5.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "getdate.h"
 #include "cmdparse.h"
 #include "pktlength.h"
@@ -2662,7 +2661,7 @@ display_gpl(void)
            "chrony comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and\n"
            "you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  See the\n"
            "GNU General Public License version 2 for details.\n\n",
-           PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING);
+           CHRONY_VERSION);
 }
 
 /* ================================================== */
@@ -2699,7 +2698,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
       DNS_SetAddressFamily(IPADDR_INET6);
       hostname = "::1";
     } else if (!strcmp("-v", *argv) || !strcmp("--version",*argv)) {
-      printf("chronyc (chrony) version %s\n", PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING);
+      printf("chronyc (chrony) version %s\n", CHRONY_VERSION);
       exit(0);
     } else if (!strncmp(*argv, "-", 1)) {
       fprintf(stderr, "Usage : %s [-h <hostname>] [-p <port-number>] [-n] [-4|-6] [-m] [command]\n", progname);
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3fa76db..74c92e3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ fi
 
 add_def DEFAULT_CONF_DIR "\"$SYSCONFDIR\""
 
+if [ -f version.txt ]; then
+  add_def CHRONY_VERSION "\"`cat version.txt`\""
+else
+  add_def CHRONY_VERSION "\"DEVELOPMENT\""
+fi
+
 sed -e "s%@EXTRA_OBJECTS@%${EXTRA_OBJECTS}%;\
 	s%@CC@%${MYCC}%;\
 	s%@CFLAGS@%${MYCFLAGS}%;\
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index f7db900..3a4ce79 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include "keys.h"
 #include "acquire.h"
 #include "manual.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "rtc.h"
 #include "refclock.h"
 #include "clientlog.h"
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ int main
       do_init_rtc = 1;
     } else if (!strcmp("-v", *argv) || !strcmp("--version",*argv)) {
       /* This write to the terminal is OK, it comes before we turn into a daemon */
-      printf("chronyd (chrony) version %s\n", PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING);
+      printf("chronyd (chrony) version %s\n", CHRONY_VERSION);
       exit(0);
     } else if (!strcmp("-n", *argv)) {
       nofork = 1;
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ int main
     LOG_OpenSystemLog();
   }
   
-  LOG(LOGS_INFO, LOGF_Main, "chronyd version %s starting", PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING);
+  LOG(LOGS_INFO, LOGF_Main, "chronyd version %s starting", CHRONY_VERSION);
 
   /* Check whether another chronyd may already be running.  Do this after
    * forking, so that message logging goes to the right place (i.e. syslog), in
diff --git a/mkversion b/mkversion
deleted file mode 100755
index e76d48f..0000000
--- a/mkversion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -f version.h
-echo "#ifndef VERSION_H" > version.h
-echo "#define VERSION_H 1" >> version.h
-
-if [ -f version.txt ]; then
-	ver=`cat version.txt`
-	echo "#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING \"$ver\"" >> version.h
-else
-	echo "#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING \"DEVELOPMENT\"" >> version.h
-fi
-
-echo "#endif /* VERSION_H */" >> version.h
-
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b8220e1..0000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DEVELOPMENT