diff --git a/src/client.cpp b/src/client.cpp
index 601561f7d..459d371c2 100644
--- a/src/client.cpp
+++ b/src/client.cpp
@@ -2196,8 +2196,8 @@ void Client::sendReady()
 	writeU8(os,VERSION_PATCH_ORIG);
 	writeU8(os,0);
 
-	writeU16(os,strlen(CMAKE_VERSION_GITHASH));
-	os.write(CMAKE_VERSION_GITHASH,strlen(CMAKE_VERSION_GITHASH));
+	writeU16(os,strlen(minetest_version_hash));
+	os.write(minetest_version_hash,strlen(minetest_version_hash));
 
 	// Make data buffer
 	std::string s = os.str();
diff --git a/src/version.cpp b/src/version.cpp
index 83b0a4c40..ecfeb95f8 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp
+++ b/src/version.cpp
@@ -20,16 +20,27 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "version.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
-const char *minetest_version_simple = CMAKE_VERSION_STRING;
-const char *minetest_version_hash = CMAKE_VERSION_GITHASH;
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	#include "android_version.h"
+#elif defined(USE_CMAKE_CONFIG_H)
+	#include "cmake_config_githash.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CMAKE_VERSION_GITHASH
+	#define VERSION_GITHASH CMAKE_VERSION_GITHASH
+#else
+	#define VERSION_GITHASH VERSION_STRING
+#endif
+
+const char *minetest_version_simple = VERSION_STRING;
+const char *minetest_version_hash = VERSION_GITHASH;
 
 #ifdef USE_CMAKE_CONFIG_H
 const char *minetest_build_info =
-		"VER=" CMAKE_VERSION_GITHASH " " CMAKE_BUILD_INFO;
+		"VER=" VERSION_GITHASH " " CMAKE_BUILD_INFO;
 #elif defined(ANDROID)
 const char *minetest_build_info = "android jni";
 #else
 const char *minetest_build_info = "non-cmake";
-
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 6a10a9d43..b23e770aa 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #ifndef VERSION_HEADER
 #define VERSION_HEADER
 
-#include "config.h"
-#ifdef __ANDROID__
-	#include "android_version.h"
-#else
-	#include "cmake_config_githash.h"
-#endif
-
 extern const char *minetest_version_simple;
 extern const char *minetest_version_hash;
 extern const char *minetest_build_info;