diff --git a/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in b/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in
index a5962870c..770569bcf 100644
--- a/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in
+++ b/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * This file is part of the srsLTE library.
  *
  * srsLTE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@
 #define SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH @SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH@
 #define SRSLTE_VERSION @SRSLTE_VERSION@
 
-SRSLTE_API char* srslte_get_version();
+#include "srslte/config.h"
+
 SRSLTE_API int   srslte_get_version_major();
 SRSLTE_API int   srslte_get_version_minor();
 SRSLTE_API int   srslte_get_version_patch();
diff --git a/srslte/lib/version/src/version.c b/srslte/lib/version/src/version.c
index dcb8e3f41..138d1470a 100644
--- a/srslte/lib/version/src/version.c
+++ b/srslte/lib/version/src/version.c
@@ -24,20 +24,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#define STRINGIFY(x) #x
-#define TOSTRING(x) STRINGIFY(x)
-
 #include "srslte/version.h"
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-char* srslte_get_version_string() {
-  char buf[32];
-  sprintf(buf, "%s.%s.%s",
-          TOSTRING(SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR),
-          TOSTRING(SRSLTE_VERSION_MINOR),
-          TOSTRING(SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH));
-  return buf;
-}
 
 int   srslte_get_version_major() {
   return SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR;