diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e48ade53376f94679330a96f6278b4cf4e3768b1..cfa9e9fbc71b9fac13423e506f52cc92371ddb7a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ set(SOURCES
     anbox/config.cpp
     anbox/not_reachable.cpp
 
-    anbox/build/version.cpp
     anbox/build/version.h.in
 
     anbox/android/intent.cpp
diff --git a/src/anbox/build/version.cpp b/src/anbox/build/version.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b63b804322090e90c72a923b023ffb9231171def..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/anbox/build/version.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Simon Fels <morphis@gravedo.de>
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranties of
- * MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include "anbox/build/version.h"
-#include "anbox/utils.h"
-
-#include <cstring>
-
-namespace anbox {
-namespace build {
-static std::string init_version_string() {
-  std::string v;
-  if (!version_suffix || std::strlen(version_suffix) == 0)
-    v = utils::string_format("%s", version);
-  else
-    v = utils::string_format("%s-%s", version, version_suffix);
-  return v;
-}
-
-std::string print_version() {
-  static const std::string v{init_version_string()};
-  return v;
-}
-}  // namespace build
-}  // namespace anbox
diff --git a/src/anbox/build/version.h.in b/src/anbox/build/version.h.in
index fb7983a36f84c8a8f8fa7288a3ab4806ace1ff76..14c5397e73831c2cc5e8891281d5a9049328c375 100644
--- a/src/anbox/build/version.h.in
+++ b/src/anbox/build/version.h.in
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ namespace anbox {
 namespace build {
 /// @brief version marks the version
 static constexpr const char *version{"@ANBOX_VERSION@"};
-/// @brief version_suffix is an additional suffix which can be amended to
-/// the major version number to indicate a dev build for example.
-static constexpr const char *version_suffix{"@ANBOX_VERSION_SUFFIX@"};
-/// @brief version queries the version of Anbox
-std::string print_version();
 }  // namespace build
 }  // namespace anbox
 
diff --git a/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp b/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp
index e8f7443a0902213c4df042f520663edcc51db2d8..051f3ce8eab3f1165c78b3b973a2e72bf4721525 100644
--- a/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp
+++ b/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class SystemInformation {
     std::stringstream s;
 
     s << "version: "
-      << anbox::build::print_version()
+      << anbox::build::version
       << std::endl;
 
     if (anbox::utils::is_env_set("SNAP_REVISION")) {
diff --git a/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp b/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp
index d8aef39e18ce52978f0e1a783b97d653231b9525..6fea8f9e21943f7291d34b4aaac539f020ce0fbe 100644
--- a/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp
+++ b/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ anbox::cmds::Version::Version()
           cli::Name{"version"}, cli::Usage{"version"},
           cli::Description{"print the version of the daemon"}} {
   action([](const cli::Command::Context& ctxt) {
-    ctxt.cout << "anbox " << build::print_version() << std::endl;
+    ctxt.cout << "anbox " << build::version << std::endl;
     return 0;
   });
 }