diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b533b416..ff0ff65d2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-
-# config file
-configure_file ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.hpp.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.hpp")
-
 # local files
 set(GAME
     main.cpp
@@ -12,7 +8,6 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
 endif()
 set(GAME_HEADER
     engine.hpp
-    config.hpp
 )
 source_group(game FILES ${GAME} ${GAME_HEADER})
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/config.hpp.cmake b/apps/openmw/config.hpp.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 848fbe0eb..000000000
--- a/apps/openmw/config.hpp.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef CONFIG_H
-#define CONFIG_H
-
-#define OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR @OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR @OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR@
-#define OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE @OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE@
-#define OPENMW_VERSION "@OPENMW_VERSION@"
-
-#endif
diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index 3129e6bd3..260a35a9b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cstdio>
 
+#include <components/version/version.hpp>
 #include <components/files/configurationmanager.hpp>
 
 #include <SDL.h>
@@ -30,8 +31,6 @@ extern int is_debugger_attached(void);
 #include <OSX/macUtils.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "config.hpp"
-
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
 /**
  * Workaround for problems with whitespaces in paths in older versions of Boost library
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index a037fd5fa..9c37d2e62 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 project (Components)
 set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE DEBUG)
+
+# Version file
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version/version.hpp.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version/version.hpp")
+
 # source files
 
 add_component_dir (settings
@@ -75,8 +79,12 @@ add_component_dir (loadinglistener
     )
 
 add_component_dir (ogreinit
-	ogreinit ogreplugin
-	)
+    ogreinit ogreplugin
+    )
+
+add_component_dir (version
+    version
+    )
 
 set (ESM_UI ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/files/ui/contentselector.ui
     )