diff --git a/include/ntfs-3g/Makefile.am b/include/ntfs-3g/Makefile.am
index c801a6e7..e431df29 100644
--- a/include/ntfs-3g/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/ntfs-3g/Makefile.am
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ headers = \
 	support.h	\
 	types.h		\
 	unistr.h	\
-	version.h	\
 	volume.h
 
 if INSTALL_LIBRARY
diff --git a/include/ntfs-3g/version.h b/include/ntfs-3g/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f94d11a..00000000
--- a/include/ntfs-3g/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * version.h - Info about the NTFS library.  Originated from the Linux-NTFS project.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2005 Anton Altaparmakov
- * Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon
- *
- * This program/include file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program/include file is distributed in the hope that it will be
- * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
- * of MERCHANTABILITY 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 (in the main directory of the NTFS-3G
- * distribution in the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifndef _NTFS_VERSION_H_
-#define _NTFS_VERSION_H_
-
-extern const char *ntfs_libntfs_version(void);
-
-#endif /* _NTFS_VERSION_H_ */
-
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am b/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am
index da8ff5db..bf1e7248 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am
+++ b/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ libntfs_3g_la_SOURCES =	\
 	runlist.c 	\
 	security.c 	\
 	unistr.c 	\
-	version.c 	\
 	volume.c
 
 if NTFS_DEVICE_DEFAULT_IO_OPS
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/version.c b/libntfs-3g/version.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 76b742f8..00000000
--- a/libntfs-3g/version.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * version.c - Info about the NTFS library.  Originated from the Linux-NTFS project.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2005 Anton Altaparmakov
- * Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon
- *
- * This program/include file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program/include file is distributed in the hope that it will be
- * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
- * of MERCHANTABILITY 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 (in the main directory of the NTFS-3G
- * distribution in the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "config.h"
-#endif
-
-#include "version.h"
-
-/* FIXME: merge libntfs into the user space NTFS driver */
-static const char *libntfs_version_string = "22:0:0";
-
-/**
- * ntfs_libntfs_version - query version number of the ntfs library libntfs
- *
- * Returns pointer to a text string representing the version of libntfs.
- */
-const char *ntfs_libntfs_version(void)
-{
-	return libntfs_version_string;
-}