diff --git a/src/activate/activate.c b/src/activate/activate.c
index 5318829442a..2dfc4a0bc43 100644
--- a/src/activate/activate.c
+++ b/src/activate/activate.c
@@ -19,21 +19,20 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "systemd/sd-daemon.h"
 
-#include "socket-util.h"
-#include "build.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "strv.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
+#include "socket-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 
 static char** arg_listen = NULL;
 static bool arg_accept = false;
@@ -314,9 +313,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0 /* done */;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'l': {
                         int r = strv_extend(&arg_listen, optarg);
diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze.c b/src/analyze/analyze.c
index 3657ef50f1a..c8ace3778ed 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze.c
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze.c
@@ -20,25 +20,25 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "bus-error.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "strxcpyx.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
-#include "special.h"
-#include "hashmap.h"
-#include "pager.h"
+
 #include "analyze-verify.h"
+#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
+#include "hashmap.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "special.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "strxcpyx.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 #define SCALE_X (0.1 / 1000.0)   /* pixels per us */
 #define SCALE_Y (20.0)
@@ -1339,9 +1339,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_USER:
                         arg_user = true;
diff --git a/src/basic/util.c b/src/basic/util.c
index f7e4aefebb0..2bad33be1bb 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.c
+++ b/src/basic/util.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
  * otherwise conflicts with sys/mount.h. Yay, Linux is great! */
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
+#include "build.h"
 #include "def.h"
 #include "device-nodes.h"
 #include "env-util.h"
@@ -6920,3 +6921,9 @@ int receive_one_fd(int transport_fd, int flags) {
 void nop_signal_handler(int sig) {
         /* nothing here */
 }
+
+int version(void) {
+        puts(PACKAGE_STRING "\n"
+             SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/util.h b/src/basic/util.h
index 96811f23d9d..afd906477a6 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.h
+++ b/src/basic/util.h
@@ -946,3 +946,5 @@ int send_one_fd(int transport_fd, int fd, int flags);
 int receive_one_fd(int transport_fd, int flags);
 
 void nop_signal_handler(int sig);
+
+int version(void);
diff --git a/src/binfmt/binfmt.c b/src/binfmt/binfmt.c
index 1e216f52bd4..ddb5c888060 100644
--- a/src/binfmt/binfmt.c
+++ b/src/binfmt/binfmt.c
@@ -19,20 +19,19 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <limits.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
+#include "conf-files.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "conf-files.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
-#include "build.h"
 
 static const char conf_file_dirs[] = CONF_DIRS_NULSTR("binfmt");
 
@@ -143,9 +142,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/boot/bootctl.c b/src/boot/bootctl.c
index ac1711b3183..f991e30cfa2 100644
--- a/src/boot/bootctl.c
+++ b/src/boot/bootctl.c
@@ -20,28 +20,27 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <sys/statfs.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <ftw.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <blkid/blkid.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <ftw.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/statfs.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "efivars.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "rm-rf.h"
 #include "blkid-util.h"
+#include "efivars.h"
+#include "rm-rf.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static int verify_esp(const char *p, uint32_t *part, uint64_t *pstart, uint64_t *psize, sd_id128_t *uuid) {
         struct statfs sfs;
@@ -967,8 +966,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        printf(VERSION "\n");
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_PATH:
                         arg_path = optarg;
diff --git a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
index 3cc3b33ae70..2bc265d9b49 100644
--- a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
+++ b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
@@ -22,26 +22,26 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/prctl.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
+
 #include "bus-internal.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "def.h"
-#include "capability.h"
 #include "bus-xml-policy.h"
-#include "proxy.h"
+#include "capability.h"
+#include "def.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "proxy.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static char *arg_address = NULL;
 static char **arg_configuration = NULL;
@@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_ADDRESS:
                         r = free_and_strdup(&arg_address, optarg);
diff --git a/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c b/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c
index f275f6705fb..168fc9ead03 100644
--- a/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c
+++ b/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c
@@ -21,23 +21,23 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
 #include "sd-bus.h"
+
 #include "bus-internal.h"
 #include "bus-util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
 #include "def.h"
-#include "proxy.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "proxy.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static char *arg_address = NULL;
 static char *arg_command_line_buffer = NULL;
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_ADDRESS: {
                         char *a;
diff --git a/src/cgls/cgls.c b/src/cgls/cgls.c
index ec4215f741b..d3a5a4df28a 100644
--- a/src/cgls/cgls.c
+++ b/src/cgls/cgls.c
@@ -19,25 +19,25 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "sd-bus.h"
+
+#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "cgroup-show.h"
 #include "cgroup-util.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "pager.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "output-mode.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
-#include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "output-mode.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static bool arg_no_pager = false;
 static bool arg_kernel_threads = false;
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_NO_PAGER:
                         arg_no_pager = true;
diff --git a/src/cgtop/cgtop.c b/src/cgtop/cgtop.c
index 9cf13cf57d6..b404c836165 100644
--- a/src/cgtop/cgtop.c
+++ b/src/cgtop/cgtop.c
@@ -19,27 +19,27 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <alloca.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "path-util.h"
-#include "terminal-util.h"
-#include "process-util.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "hashmap.h"
-#include "cgroup-util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
+
 #include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
+#include "cgroup-util.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
+#include "hashmap.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+#include "process-util.h"
+#include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 typedef struct Group {
         char *path;
@@ -696,9 +696,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_CPU_TYPE:
                         if (optarg) {
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 76abb0bde90..4fe298117c2 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -931,13 +931,6 @@ static int help(void) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int version(void) {
-        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
 static int prepare_reexecute(Manager *m, FILE **_f, FDSet **_fds, bool switching_root) {
         _cleanup_fdset_free_ FDSet *fds = NULL;
         _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
diff --git a/src/delta/delta.c b/src/delta/delta.c
index 990130d00b8..4edafc7cdf7 100644
--- a/src/delta/delta.c
+++ b/src/delta/delta.c
@@ -21,21 +21,20 @@
 ***/
 
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "hashmap.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "pager.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
-#include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static const char prefixes[] =
         "/etc\0"
@@ -544,9 +543,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_NO_PAGER:
                         arg_no_pager = true;
diff --git a/src/detect-virt/detect-virt.c b/src/detect-virt/detect-virt.c
index 97ae569ca59..f7137124058 100644
--- a/src/detect-virt/detect-virt.c
+++ b/src/detect-virt/detect-virt.c
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "virt.h"
-#include "build.h"
 
 static bool arg_quiet = false;
 static enum {
@@ -75,9 +74,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'q':
                         arg_quiet = true;
diff --git a/src/escape/escape.c b/src/escape/escape.c
index 341453398d8..a4bfeb5df53 100644
--- a/src/escape/escape.c
+++ b/src/escape/escape.c
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
+#include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
-#include "build.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
 
 static enum {
         ACTION_ESCAPE,
@@ -83,9 +82,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_SUFFIX:
 
diff --git a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
index e2a1c00a75d..4f0c669ca16 100644
--- a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
+++ b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
@@ -19,24 +19,22 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <shadow.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
+#include "ask-password-api.h"
 #include "copy.h"
-#include "build.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
+#include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "locale-util.h"
 #include "mkdir.h"
-#include "time-util.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "random-util.h"
-#include "locale-util.h"
-#include "ask-password-api.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
-#include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "time-util.h"
 
 static char *arg_root = NULL;
 static char *arg_locale = NULL;  /* $LANG */
@@ -704,9 +702,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_ROOT:
                         free(arg_root);
diff --git a/src/hostname/hostnamectl.c b/src/hostname/hostnamectl.c
index dcbad99ae94..7974683179f 100644
--- a/src/hostname/hostnamectl.c
+++ b/src/hostname/hostnamectl.c
@@ -19,21 +19,21 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
 #include "sd-id128.h"
-#include "hostname-util.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "bus-error.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
-#include "build.h"
+
 #include "architecture.h"
+#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
+#include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static bool arg_ask_password = true;
 static BusTransport arg_transport = BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL;
@@ -387,9 +387,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'H':
                         arg_transport = BUS_TRANSPORT_REMOTE;
diff --git a/src/hwdb/hwdb.c b/src/hwdb/hwdb.c
index 446de3a2fc3..1e415db845c 100644
--- a/src/hwdb/hwdb.c
+++ b/src/hwdb/hwdb.c
@@ -17,21 +17,19 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
-#include "util.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "conf-files.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "mkdir.h"
-#include "verbs.h"
-#include "build.h"
-
 #include "hwdb-internal.h"
 #include "hwdb-util.h"
+#include "mkdir.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "verbs.h"
 
 /*
  * Generic udev properties, key/value database based on modalias strings.
@@ -688,9 +686,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_USR:
                         arg_hwdb_bin_dir = UDEVLIBEXECDIR;
diff --git a/src/import/export.c b/src/import/export.c
index b88d71fec63..d34105e4ca1 100644
--- a/src/import/export.c
+++ b/src/import/export.c
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "sd-event.h"
+
 #include "event-util.h"
-#include "signal-util.h"
-#include "hostname-util.h"
-#include "verbs.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "machine-image.h"
-#include "import-util.h"
-#include "export-tar.h"
 #include "export-raw.h"
+#include "export-tar.h"
+#include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "import-util.h"
+#include "machine-image.h"
+#include "signal-util.h"
+#include "verbs.h"
 
 static ImportCompressType arg_compress = IMPORT_COMPRESS_UNKNOWN;
 
@@ -260,9 +260,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return help(0, NULL, NULL);
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_FORMAT:
                         if (streq(optarg, "uncompressed"))
diff --git a/src/import/import.c b/src/import/import.c
index 929a840298a..1c92312585e 100644
--- a/src/import/import.c
+++ b/src/import/import.c
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "sd-event.h"
+
 #include "event-util.h"
-#include "verbs.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "signal-util.h"
 #include "hostname-util.h"
-#include "machine-image.h"
-#include "import-util.h"
-#include "import-tar.h"
 #include "import-raw.h"
+#include "import-tar.h"
+#include "import-util.h"
+#include "machine-image.h"
+#include "signal-util.h"
+#include "verbs.h"
 
 static bool arg_force = false;
 static bool arg_read_only = false;
@@ -280,9 +280,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return help(0, NULL, NULL);
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_FORCE:
                         arg_force = true;
diff --git a/src/import/pull.c b/src/import/pull.c
index 98c22aeec96..29e9424b52d 100644
--- a/src/import/pull.c
+++ b/src/import/pull.c
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "sd-event.h"
+
 #include "event-util.h"
-#include "verbs.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "signal-util.h"
 #include "hostname-util.h"
-#include "machine-image.h"
 #include "import-util.h"
-#include "pull-tar.h"
-#include "pull-raw.h"
+#include "machine-image.h"
 #include "pull-dkr.h"
+#include "pull-raw.h"
+#include "pull-tar.h"
+#include "signal-util.h"
+#include "verbs.h"
 
 static bool arg_force = false;
 static const char *arg_image_root = "/var/lib/machines";
@@ -381,9 +381,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return help(0, NULL, NULL);
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_FORCE:
                         arg_force = true;
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
index 4e5572db0b1..29df842277a 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-gatewayd.c
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
-
 #include <microhttpd.h>
-
 #ifdef HAVE_GNUTLS
 #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
 #endif
@@ -34,15 +32,15 @@
 #include "sd-journal.h"
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
+
 #include "bus-util.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
+#include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "log.h"
 #include "logs-show.h"
 #include "microhttpd-util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
 #include "sigbus.h"
-#include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static char *arg_key_pem = NULL;
 static char *arg_cert_pem = NULL;
@@ -909,9 +907,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_KEY:
                         if (arg_key_pem) {
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
index d6ebca20ec5..50f41a575d6 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote.c
@@ -21,31 +21,30 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-
-#include "sd-daemon.h"
-#include "signal-util.h"
-#include "journal-file.h"
-#include "journald-native.h"
-#include "socket-util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "macro.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
-#include "conf-parser.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GNUTLS
 #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "journal-remote.h"
+#include "sd-daemon.h"
+
+#include "conf-parser.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
+#include "journal-file.h"
+#include "journald-native.h"
+#include "macro.h"
+#include "signal-util.h"
+#include "socket-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "journal-remote-write.h"
+#include "journal-remote.h"
 
 #define REMOTE_JOURNAL_PATH "/var/log/journal/remote"
 
@@ -1259,9 +1258,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0 /* done */;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0 /* done */;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_URL:
                         if (arg_url) {
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
index 311bd3fddab..92ce56805a6 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
@@ -19,22 +19,22 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
-#include "mkdir.h"
+
 #include "conf-parser.h"
-#include "sigbus.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "mkdir.h"
+#include "sigbus.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 #include "journal-upload.h"
 
 #define PRIV_KEY_FILE CERTIFICATE_ROOT "/private/journal-upload.pem"
@@ -619,9 +619,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0 /* done */;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0 /* done */;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'u':
                         if (arg_url) {
diff --git a/src/journal/cat.c b/src/journal/cat.c
index be2c2e33548..9a85ff1ffd7 100644
--- a/src/journal/cat.c
+++ b/src/journal/cat.c
@@ -19,17 +19,16 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "systemd/sd-journal.h"
+#include "sd-journal.h"
 
 #include "util.h"
-#include "build.h"
 
 static char *arg_identifier = NULL;
 static int arg_priority = LOG_INFO;
@@ -76,9 +75,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 't':
                         free(arg_identifier);
diff --git a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
index 6628e82421c..dde56008c15 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
@@ -19,27 +19,27 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "sd-journal.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "set.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
-#include "pager.h"
-#include "macro.h"
-#include "journal-internal.h"
+
 #include "compress.h"
-#include "sigbus.h"
+#include "journal-internal.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "macro.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
-#include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "set.h"
+#include "sigbus.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
+#include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static enum {
         ACTION_NONE,
@@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[], Set *matches) {
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
                         arg_action = ACTION_NONE;
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_NO_PAGER:
                         arg_no_pager = true;
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index b38b151485f..de67a9687cc 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -19,48 +19,47 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <locale.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <poll.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/inotify.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/inotify.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "sd-journal.h"
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "logs-show.h"
-#include "util.h"
+#include "sd-journal.h"
+
 #include "acl-util.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
+#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
+#include "catalog.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "pager.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "set.h"
-#include "sigbus.h"
-#include "journal-internal.h"
+#include "fsprg.h"
+#include "hostname-util.h"
 #include "journal-def.h"
-#include "journal-verify.h"
+#include "journal-internal.h"
 #include "journal-qrcode.h"
 #include "journal-vacuum.h"
-#include "fsprg.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
-#include "catalog.h"
+#include "journal-verify.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "logs-show.h"
 #include "mkdir.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+#include "set.h"
+#include "sigbus.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
-#include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_FSS_INTERVAL_USEC (15*USEC_PER_MINUTE)
 
@@ -350,9 +349,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_NO_PAGER:
                         arg_no_pager = true;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c
index 5d07d5809c4..ab8816942c4 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c
@@ -21,22 +21,21 @@
 
 #include <getopt.h>
 
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "util.h"
+#include "sd-bus.h"
+
+#include "bus-dump.h"
+#include "bus-internal.h"
+#include "bus-signature.h"
+#include "bus-type.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
+#include "busctl-introspect.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "build.h"
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "set.h"
-
-#include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-internal.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "bus-dump.h"
-#include "bus-signature.h"
-#include "bus-type.h"
-#include "busctl-introspect.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static bool arg_no_pager = false;
 static bool arg_legend = true;
@@ -1786,9 +1785,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return help();
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_NO_PAGER:
                         arg_no_pager = true;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-internal.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-internal.h
index fedccdec722..13fddfc8ad8 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-internal.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-internal.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "sparse-endian.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 #define HWDB_SIG { 'K', 'S', 'L', 'P', 'H', 'H', 'R', 'H' }
 
diff --git a/src/locale/localectl.c b/src/locale/localectl.c
index 4a91c7420a6..26d7d5890e8 100644
--- a/src/locale/localectl.c
+++ b/src/locale/localectl.c
@@ -20,26 +20,26 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <locale.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
+
 #include "bus-error.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "pager.h"
-#include "set.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "def.h"
-#include "virt.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "locale-util.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "set.h"
+#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "virt.h"
 
 static bool arg_no_pager = false;
 static bool arg_ask_password = true;
@@ -546,9 +546,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_NO_CONVERT:
                         arg_convert = false;
diff --git a/src/login/inhibit.c b/src/login/inhibit.c
index c53ea8add7c..e671341b420 100644
--- a/src/login/inhibit.c
+++ b/src/login/inhibit.c
@@ -19,21 +19,21 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
+
 #include "bus-error.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static const char* arg_what = "idle:sleep:shutdown";
 static const char* arg_who = NULL;
@@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_WHAT:
                         arg_what = optarg;
diff --git a/src/login/loginctl.c b/src/login/loginctl.c
index be525181617..efd6c5f4b0c 100644
--- a/src/login/loginctl.c
+++ b/src/login/loginctl.c
@@ -19,31 +19,31 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
+
 #include "bus-error.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "macro.h"
-#include "pager.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
-#include "sysfs-show.h"
-#include "logs-show.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "cgroup-show.h"
 #include "cgroup-util.h"
-#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
-#include "verbs.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "logs-show.h"
+#include "macro.h"
+#include "pager.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
-#include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
+#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "sysfs-show.h"
+#include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "verbs.h"
 
 static char **arg_property = NULL;
 static bool arg_all = false;
@@ -1416,9 +1416,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'p': {
                         r = strv_extend(&arg_property, optarg);
diff --git a/src/machine-id-commit/machine-id-commit.c b/src/machine-id-commit/machine-id-commit.c
index 0f7748e4535..ec3d7f8f975 100644
--- a/src/machine-id-commit/machine-id-commit.c
+++ b/src/machine-id-commit/machine-id-commit.c
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include "machine-id-setup.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "build.h"
+#include "machine-id-setup.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static const char *arg_root = NULL;
 
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_ROOT:
                         arg_root = optarg;
diff --git a/src/machine-id-setup/machine-id-setup-main.c b/src/machine-id-setup/machine-id-setup-main.c
index 20cb60b8045..e5606c9a036 100644
--- a/src/machine-id-setup/machine-id-setup-main.c
+++ b/src/machine-id-setup/machine-id-setup-main.c
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include "machine-id-setup.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "build.h"
+#include "machine-id-setup.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static const char *arg_root = "";
 
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_ROOT:
                         arg_root = optarg;
diff --git a/src/machine/machinectl.c b/src/machine/machinectl.c
index d276fbe9560..b3c8ea44a30 100644
--- a/src/machine/machinectl.c
+++ b/src/machine/machinectl.c
@@ -19,44 +19,44 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <locale.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "macro.h"
-#include "pager.h"
-#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
+
 #include "bus-error.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "cgroup-show.h"
-#include "logs-show.h"
 #include "cgroup-util.h"
-#include "ptyfwd.h"
-#include "event-util.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
-#include "mkdir.h"
 #include "copy.h"
-#include "verbs.h"
-#include "import-util.h"
-#include "process-util.h"
-#include "terminal-util.h"
-#include "signal-util.h"
 #include "env-util.h"
+#include "event-util.h"
 #include "hostname-util.h"
+#include "import-util.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "logs-show.h"
+#include "macro.h"
+#include "mkdir.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+#include "process-util.h"
+#include "ptyfwd.h"
+#include "signal-util.h"
+#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "verbs.h"
 
 static char **arg_property = NULL;
 static bool arg_all = false;
@@ -2554,9 +2554,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return help(0, NULL, NULL);
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'p':
                         r = strv_extend(&arg_property, optarg);
diff --git a/src/modules-load/modules-load.c b/src/modules-load/modules-load.c
index 5bbe314ba03..55bb35b9f78 100644
--- a/src/modules-load/modules-load.c
+++ b/src/modules-load/modules-load.c
@@ -20,17 +20,16 @@
 ***/
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
 #include <libkmod.h>
 
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "strv.h"
 #include "conf-files.h"
-#include "build.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static char **arg_proc_cmdline_modules = NULL;
 
@@ -199,9 +198,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/network/networkctl.c b/src/network/networkctl.c
index 75572b63886..c78b9444b6a 100644
--- a/src/network/networkctl.c
+++ b/src/network/networkctl.c
@@ -19,29 +19,28 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
-#include "sd-network.h"
-#include "sd-netlink.h"
-#include "sd-hwdb.h"
 #include "sd-device.h"
+#include "sd-hwdb.h"
+#include "sd-netlink.h"
+#include "sd-network.h"
 
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "pager.h"
-#include "lldp.h"
-#include "netlink-util.h"
-#include "device-util.h"
-#include "hwdb-util.h"
 #include "arphrd-list.h"
-#include "local-addresses.h"
-#include "socket-util.h"
+#include "device-util.h"
 #include "ether-addr-util.h"
-#include "verbs.h"
+#include "hwdb-util.h"
+#include "lldp.h"
+#include "local-addresses.h"
+#include "netlink-util.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "socket-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "verbs.h"
 
 static bool arg_no_pager = false;
 static bool arg_legend = true;
@@ -1063,9 +1062,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_NO_PAGER:
                         arg_no_pager = true;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-wait-online.c b/src/network/networkd-wait-online.c
index d958b487714..3220c4b7efb 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-wait-online.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-wait-online.c
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "signal-util.h"
+
 #include "networkd-wait-online.h"
+#include "signal-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 
 static bool arg_quiet = false;
 static usec_t arg_timeout = 120 * USEC_PER_SEC;
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         break;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'i':
                         if (strv_extend(&arg_interfaces, optarg) < 0)
diff --git a/src/notify/notify.c b/src/notify/notify.c
index 7d53cb6d75f..805ea1a6277 100644
--- a/src/notify/notify.c
+++ b/src/notify/notify.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
 
-#include "build.h"
 #include "env-util.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -85,9 +84,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_READY:
                         arg_ready = true;
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 6b5d5d5b756..16dfe8a7c16 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include "base-filesystem.h"
 #include "blkid-util.h"
 #include "btrfs-util.h"
-#include "build.h"
 #include "cap-list.h"
 #include "capability.h"
 #include "cgroup-util.h"
@@ -414,9 +413,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'D':
                         r = set_sanitized_path(&arg_directory, optarg);
diff --git a/src/path/path.c b/src/path/path.c
index f7736a42029..73b7bd2c01c 100644
--- a/src/path/path.c
+++ b/src/path/path.c
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "sd-path.h"
-#include "build.h"
+
+#include "log.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "log.h"
 
 static const char *arg_suffix = NULL;
 
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_SUFFIX:
                         arg_suffix = optarg;
diff --git a/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c b/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c
index 22af092cc0b..97516a87a8c 100644
--- a/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c
+++ b/src/resolve-host/resolve-host.c
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "bus-error.h"
-#include "in-addr-util.h"
-#include "af-list.h"
-#include "build.h"
 
-#include "resolved-dns-packet.h"
+#include "af-list.h"
+#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
+#include "in-addr-util.h"
 #include "resolved-def.h"
+#include "resolved-dns-packet.h"
 
 #define DNS_CALL_TIMEOUT_USEC (45*USEC_PER_SEC)
 
@@ -507,9 +506,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0; /* done */;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0 /* done */;
+                        return version();
 
                 case '4':
                         arg_family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/src/run/run.c b/src/run/run.c
index 657c6fcaf10..2b51b0889bc 100644
--- a/src/run/run.c
+++ b/src/run/run.c
@@ -19,24 +19,24 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
 #include "sd-event.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "event-util.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
-#include "env-util.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
+
 #include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "calendarspec.h"
-#include "ptyfwd.h"
+#include "env-util.h"
+#include "event-util.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+#include "ptyfwd.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
 
 static bool arg_ask_password = true;
 static bool arg_scope = false;
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         break;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_USER:
                         arg_user = true;
diff --git a/src/shared/ask-password-api.h b/src/shared/ask-password-api.h
index 0954e072be4..ccb3be0fca7 100644
--- a/src/shared/ask-password-api.h
+++ b/src/shared/ask-password-api.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "time-util.h"
 
 int ask_password_tty(const char *message, usec_t until, bool echo, const char *flag_file, char **_passphrase);
 
diff --git a/src/shared/sysctl-util.c b/src/shared/sysctl-util.c
index 1de0b94fd5f..b2cab948efb 100644
--- a/src/shared/sysctl-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/sysctl-util.c
@@ -19,18 +19,17 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <limits.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
+#include "fileio.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
-#include "build.h"
 #include "sysctl-util.h"
 
 char *sysctl_normalize(char *s) {
diff --git a/src/sleep/sleep.c b/src/sleep/sleep.c
index 2b2310152d5..1ba66eb9981 100644
--- a/src/sleep/sleep.c
+++ b/src/sleep/sleep.c
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "sd-messages.h"
-#include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "sleep-config.h"
+
 #include "def.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "sleep-config.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static char* arg_verb = NULL;
 
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0; /* done */
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0 /* done */;
+                        return version();
 
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c b/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c
index 715f440cb1e..73c04fdfc08 100644
--- a/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c
+++ b/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
  ***/
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
 #include "sd-event.h"
 #include "sd-resolve.h"
+
 #include "log.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+#include "set.h"
 #include "socket-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "set.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
 
 #define BUFFER_SIZE (256 * 1024)
 #define CONNECTIONS_MAX 256
@@ -603,9 +603,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/sysctl/sysctl.c b/src/sysctl/sysctl.c
index 618844382f7..ee34209a30f 100644
--- a/src/sysctl/sysctl.c
+++ b/src/sysctl/sysctl.c
@@ -19,23 +19,22 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <limits.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
-#include "log.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "hashmap.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
 #include "conf-files.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
-#include "build.h"
+#include "hashmap.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "sysctl-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static char **arg_prefixes = NULL;
 
@@ -195,9 +194,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_PREFIX: {
                         char *p;
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 34e4751b941..56c7982b8fe 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
 #include "sd-login.h"
 
-#include "build.h"
 #include "bus-common-errors.h"
 #include "bus-error.h"
 #include "bus-message.h"
@@ -6422,9 +6421,7 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 't': {
                         const char *word, *state;
diff --git a/src/sysusers/sysusers.c b/src/sysusers/sysusers.c
index aaa33354f49..07494e764bd 100644
--- a/src/sysusers/sysusers.c
+++ b/src/sysusers/sysusers.c
@@ -19,26 +19,25 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <grp.h>
-#include <shadow.h>
-#include <gshadow.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <grp.h>
+#include <gshadow.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <shadow.h>
 #include <utmp.h>
 
-#include "util.h"
-#include "hashmap.h"
-#include "specifier.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
 #include "conf-files.h"
 #include "copy.h"
-#include "utf8.h"
 #include "fileio-label.h"
-#include "uid-range.h"
-#include "selinux-util.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
+#include "hashmap.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+#include "selinux-util.h"
+#include "specifier.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "uid-range.h"
+#include "utf8.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 typedef enum ItemType {
         ADD_USER = 'u',
@@ -1767,9 +1766,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_ROOT:
                         free(arg_root);
diff --git a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c
index 12a7ed6718b..ea41227e526 100644
--- a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c
+++ b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "sd-bus.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
+
 #include "bus-error.h"
-#include "util.h"
-#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "strv.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "pager.h"
+#include "spawn-polkit-agent.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static bool arg_no_pager = false;
 static bool arg_ask_password = true;
@@ -374,9 +374,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case 'H':
                         arg_transport = BUS_TRANSPORT_REMOTE;
diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 8f29256c6da..d219764bc69 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -20,43 +20,42 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <limits.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <glob.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <glob.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "acl-util.h"
+#include "btrfs-util.h"
+#include "capability.h"
+#include "conf-files.h"
+#include "copy.h"
+#include "formats-util.h"
+#include "label.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "missing.h"
 #include "mkdir.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "label.h"
-#include "set.h"
-#include "conf-files.h"
-#include "capability.h"
-#include "specifier.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "copy.h"
 #include "rm-rf.h"
 #include "selinux-util.h"
-#include "btrfs-util.h"
-#include "acl-util.h"
-#include "formats-util.h"
+#include "set.h"
+#include "specifier.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 /* This reads all files listed in /etc/tmpfiles.d/?*.conf and creates
  * them in the file system. This is intended to be used to create
@@ -2090,9 +2089,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_CREATE:
                         arg_create = true;
diff --git a/src/tty-ask-password-agent/tty-ask-password-agent.c b/src/tty-ask-password-agent/tty-ask-password-agent.c
index 82cbf95f1e9..3c1346fddb8 100644
--- a/src/tty-ask-password-agent/tty-ask-password-agent.c
+++ b/src/tty-ask-password-agent/tty-ask-password-agent.c
@@ -19,32 +19,31 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/inotify.h>
+#include <sys/signalfd.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <poll.h>
-#include <sys/inotify.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <sys/signalfd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 
-#include "util.h"
+#include "ask-password-api.h"
+#include "conf-parser.h"
+#include "def.h"
 #include "mkdir.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
-#include "conf-parser.h"
-#include "utmp-wtmp.h"
-#include "socket-util.h"
-#include "ask-password-api.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "build.h"
-#include "def.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
-#include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
+#include "socket-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "utmp-wtmp.h"
 
 static enum {
         ACTION_LIST,
@@ -571,9 +570,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
 
                 case ARG_VERSION:
-                        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
-                        puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
-                        return 0;
+                        return version();
 
                 case ARG_LIST:
                         arg_action = ACTION_LIST;