diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 12af3d64..793aafcb 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ version = "1.1.3"
 # For now don't bump this above what is currently shipped in RHEL9;
 # also keep in sync with the version in cli.
 rust-version = "1.75.0"
-build = "build.rs"
 
 include = ["/src", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 
diff --git a/lib/build.rs b/lib/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 54746b35..00000000
--- a/lib/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-//! Our build script, which basically today just generates a version.
-
-use std::env;
-use std::fs;
-use std::path::Path;
-
-fn main() {
-    let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-    let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("version.rs");
-    fs::write(
-        dest_path,
-        "
-         #[allow(dead_code)]
-         #[allow(clippy::all)]
-         use clap::crate_version;
-         #[doc=r#\"Version string\"#]
-         pub const CLAP_LONG_VERSION: &str = crate_version!();
-        ",
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/cli.rs b/lib/src/cli.rs
index 8e429fe9..87dbb286 100644
--- a/lib/src/cli.rs
+++ b/lib/src/cli.rs
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ use crate::spec::Host;
 use crate::spec::ImageReference;
 use crate::utils::sigpolicy_from_opts;
 
-include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/version.rs"));
-
 /// Perform an upgrade operation
 #[derive(Debug, Parser, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub(crate) struct UpgradeOpts {
@@ -398,7 +396,7 @@ impl InternalsOpts {
 #[derive(Debug, Parser, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[clap(name = "bootc")]
 #[clap(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
-#[clap(version,long_version=CLAP_LONG_VERSION)]
+#[clap(version,long_version=clap::crate_version!())]
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 pub(crate) enum Opt {
     /// Download and queue an updated container image to apply.