diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45d62b4..1d5066c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Os -std=gnu99 -g3 -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-unused-parameter)
 
 SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS "")
 
-SET(SOURCES main.c config.c proto.c ubus.c task.c cmd.c apply.c upload.c rebootlog.c event.c collide.c version.c)
+SET(SOURCES main.c config.c proto.c ubus.c task.c cmd.c apply.c upload.c rebootlog.c event.c collide.c)
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(ubus NAMES ubus)
 FIND_LIBRARY(blobmsg_json NAMES blobmsg_json)
diff --git a/proto.c b/proto.c
index 8ca0f1a..c08f08a 100644
--- a/proto.c
+++ b/proto.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ connect_send(void)
 
 	blobmsg_add_string(&proto, "serial", client.serial);
 	blobmsg_add_string(&proto, "firmware", client.firmware);
-	version_init(&proto);
 	if (client.recovery)
 		blobmsg_add_u64(&proto, "uuid", 0);
 	else
diff --git a/ucentral.h b/ucentral.h
index 0e4bfab..6d8d64a 100644
--- a/ucentral.h
+++ b/ucentral.h
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ void password_notify(char *pwd);
 void venue_broadcast_handle(struct blob_attr *rpc);
 void venue_broadcast_send(struct blob_attr *payload);
 
-void version_init(struct blob_buf *b);
-
 static inline void safe_free(char **mem)
 {
 	if (!*mem)
diff --git a/version.c b/version.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4aad51d..0000000
--- a/version.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause */
-
-#include "ucentral.h"
-
-#define VERSION	"/etc/ucentral/version.json"
-
-static struct blob_buf version;
-enum {
-	MAJOR,
-	MINOR,
-	PATCH,
-	__VERSION_MAX,
-};
-
-static const struct blobmsg_policy version_policy[__VERSION_MAX] = {
-	[MAJOR] = { .name = "major", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT32 },
-	[MINOR] = { .name = "minor", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT32 },
-	[PATCH] = { .name = "patch", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT32 },
-};
-
-
-void
-version_init(struct blob_buf *b)
-{
-	struct blob_attr *tb[__VERSION_MAX] = {};
-	struct stat s = {};
-
-	if (stat(VERSION, &s))
-		return;
-
-	blob_buf_init(&version, 0);
-	if (blobmsg_add_json_from_file(&version, VERSION)) {
-		void *c = blobmsg_open_table(b, "version");
-
-		blobmsg_parse(version_policy, __VERSION_MAX, tb, blob_data(version.head),
-		      blob_len(version.head));
-		
-		if (tb[MAJOR])
-			blobmsg_add_u32(b, "major", blobmsg_get_u32(tb[MAJOR]));
-		if (tb[MINOR])
-			blobmsg_add_u32(b, "minor", blobmsg_get_u32(tb[MINOR]));
-		if (tb[PATCH])
-			blobmsg_add_u32(b, "patch", blobmsg_get_u32(tb[PATCH]));
-		blobmsg_close_table(b, c);
-	}
-	blob_buf_free(&version);
-}