diff --git a/ctdb/.gitignore b/ctdb/.gitignore
index a634aeb8b45..f0534b3afd1 100644
--- a/ctdb/.gitignore
+++ b/ctdb/.gitignore
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ tests/takeover/ctdb_takeover.pyc
 tests/eventscripts/var
 tests/eventscripts/etc/iproute2
 tests/eventscripts/etc-ctdb/policy_routing
-include/ctdb_version.h
 packaging/RPM/ctdb.spec
 doc/*.[1-7]
 doc/*.[1-7].html
diff --git a/ctdb/include/ctdb_version.h b/ctdb/include/ctdb_version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf27179aff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctdb/include/ctdb_version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "version.h"
+
+#define CTDB_VERSION_STRING SAMBA_VERSION_STRING
diff --git a/ctdb/wscript b/ctdb/wscript
index c2f1956a916..975235941cb 100644
--- a/ctdb/wscript
+++ b/ctdb/wscript
@@ -340,15 +340,6 @@ def configure(conf):
             else:
                 Logs.info("  %s: no" % (m))
 
-def gen_ctdb_version(task):
-    fp = open(task.outputs[0].bldpath(task.env), 'w')
-    fp.write('/* This file is auto-generated from waf */\n')
-    fp.write('#include "version.h"\n')
-    fp.write('\n')
-    fp.write('#define CTDB_VERSION_STRING "%s"\n' % get_version_string())
-    fp.close()
-
-
 def build(bld):
     if bld.env.standalone_ctdb:
         # enable building of public headers in the build tree
@@ -357,12 +348,6 @@ def build(bld):
     if bld.env.standalone_ctdb:
         bld.SAMBA_MKVERSION('version.h', '%s/VERSION' % vdir)
 
-    t = bld.SAMBA_GENERATOR('ctdb-version-header',
-                            target='include/ctdb_version.h',
-                            rule=gen_ctdb_version,
-                            dep_vars=['VERSION'])
-    t.env.VERSION = get_version_string()
-
     bld.env.PKGCONFIGDIR = '${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig'
 
     bld.RECURSE('lib/replace')