diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b445b42..b4ef4146 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ EXTRA_LIB_DEPS=$(INCDIR)/api.h $(PATCHED_SDK)
 ########## Nothing below this line should be edited by typical users ###########
 -include ./common.mk
 
-.PHONY: $(INCDIR)/api.h patch_sdk_headers clean
-$(INCDIR)/api.h: version.py
+.PHONY: $(INCDIR)/pros/version.h patch_sdk_headers clean
+$(INCDIR)/pros/version.h: version.py
 	$(VV)python version.py
 
 patch_sdk_headers: patch_headers.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ patch_sdk_headers: patch_headers.py
 	$(VV)python patch_headers.py
 
 # Override clean, necessary to remove patched sdk on clean
-clean:
+clean::
 	@echo "Cleaning patched SDK"
 	@rm -f $(PATCHED_SDK)
 	@rm -rf $(EXTRA_INCDIR)
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 39bd7d95..edc623b4 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ quick: $(DEFAULT_BIN)
 
 all: clean $(DEFAULT_BIN)
 
-clean:
+clean::
 	@echo Cleaning project
 	-$Drm -rf $(BINDIR)
 	-$Drm -rf $(DEPDIR)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ $(foreach asmext,$(ASMEXTS),$(eval $(call asm_rule,$(asmext))))
 
 define c_rule
 $(BINDIR)/%.$1.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.$1
-$(BINDIR)/%.$1.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.$1 $(DEPDIR)/$(basename $1).d
+$(BINDIR)/%.$1.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.$1 $(DEPDIR)/$(basename %).d
 	$(VV)mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
 	$(MAKEDEPFOLDER)
 	$$(call test_output_2,Compiled $$< ,$(CC) -c $(INCLUDE) -iquote"$(INCDIR)/$$(dir $$*)" $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(DEPFLAGS) -o $$@ $$<,$(OK_STRING))
diff --git a/include/api.h b/include/api.h
index 57c248c7..ea328e33 100644
--- a/include/api.h
+++ b/include/api.h
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 
-#define PROS_VERSION_MAJOR 4
-#define PROS_VERSION_MINOR 1
-
-#define PROS_VERSION_PATCH 0
-#define PROS_VERSION_STRING "4.1.0"
-
-
 #include "pros/adi.h"
 #include "pros/colors.h"
 #include "pros/device.h"
diff --git a/include/pros/version.h b/include/pros/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..453284f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/pros/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+* \file version.h
+*
+* PROS Version Information
+*
+* Contains PROS kernel version information
+*
+*
+* \copyright Copyright (c) 2017-2023, Purdue University ACM SIGBots.
+* All rights reserved.
+*
+* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#define PROS_VERSION_MAJOR 4
+#define PROS_VERSION_MINOR 1
+
+#define PROS_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define PROS_VERSION_STRING "4.1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/system/dev/ser_daemon.c b/src/system/dev/ser_daemon.c
index d77fdee3..86305d95 100644
--- a/src/system/dev/ser_daemon.c
+++ b/src/system/dev/ser_daemon.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "kapi.h"
+#include "pros/version.h"
 #include "system/dev/banners.h"
 #include "system/hot.h"
 #include "system/optimizers.h"
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index e818f25e..7a275939 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     assert semver.count('.') >= 2
     major, minor, patch = semver.split('.', 2)
     patch = patch.split('-', 1)[0]
-    with io.open('include/api.h', 'r', encoding='ascii') as file:
+    with io.open('include/pros/version.h', 'r', encoding='ascii') as file:
         data = file.readlines()
     for i, line in enumerate(data):
         if '#define PROS_VERSION_MAJOR' in line:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             data[i] = u'#define PROS_VERSION_PATCH {}\n'.format(patch)
         if '#define PROS_VERSION_STRING ' in line:
             data[i] = u'#define PROS_VERSION_STRING "{}"\n'.format(semver)
-    with io.open('include/api.h', 'w', newline='\n', encoding='ascii') as file:
+    with io.open('include/pros/version.h', 'w', newline='\n', encoding='ascii') as file:
         file.writelines(data)
 
 except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: