diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8342c94..dea5bf9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3773,7 +3773,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "arboard",
  "arti-client",
  "arti-hyper",
- "built",
  "chrono",
  "curve25519-dalek 4.1.3",
  "dark-light",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 38611ac..e1edcf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/ardocrat/grim"
 keywords = [ "crypto", "grin", "mimblewimble" ]
 edition = "2021"
-build = "src/build/build.rs"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "grim-bin"
@@ -97,9 +96,6 @@ tls-api-native-tls = "0.9.0"
 ## stratum server
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.8", features = ["codec"] }
 
-[build-dependencies]
-built = "0.7.0"
-
 [target.'cfg(all(not(target_os = "windows"), not(target_os = "android")))'.dependencies]
 eye = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/src/build/build.rs b/src/build/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index af0986d..0000000
--- a/src/build/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Grim Developers
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-fn main() {
-    built::write_built_file().expect("Failed to acquire build-time information");
-}
diff --git a/src/gui/app.rs b/src/gui/app.rs
index e9f9fb1..17fe021 100644
--- a/src/gui/app.rs
+++ b/src/gui/app.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use egui::{Align, Context, CursorIcon, Layout, Modifiers, Rect, ResizeDirection,
 use egui::epaint::{RectShape};
 use egui::os::OperatingSystem;
 
-use crate::{AppConfig, built_info};
+use crate::AppConfig;
 use crate::gui::Colors;
 use crate::gui::icons::{ARROWS_IN, ARROWS_OUT, CARET_DOWN, MOON, SUN, X};
 use crate::gui::platform::PlatformCallbacks;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ impl<Platform: PlatformCallbacks> App<Platform> {
         let title_text = if hide_app_name {
             "ツ".to_string()
         } else {
-            format!("Grim {}", built_info::PKG_VERSION)
+            format!("Grim {}", crate::VERSION)
         };
         painter.text(
             title_rect.center(),
diff --git a/src/gui/views/views.rs b/src/gui/views/views.rs
index 7f3d92f..0568b96 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/views.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/views.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use egui::epaint::text::TextWrapping;
 use egui::os::OperatingSystem;
 use egui::text::{LayoutJob, TextFormat};
 use egui::text_edit::TextEditState;
-use crate::{AppConfig, built_info};
+use crate::AppConfig;
 
 use crate::gui::Colors;
 use crate::gui::icons::{CHECK_SQUARE, CLIPBOARD_TEXT, COPY, EYE, EYE_SLASH, SCAN, SQUARE};
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ impl View {
             .color(Colors::white_or_black(true))
         );
         ui.add_space(-2.0);
-        ui.label(RichText::new(built_info::PKG_VERSION)
+        ui.label(RichText::new(crate::VERSION)
             .size(16.0)
             .color(Colors::title(false))
         );
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3f70f65..54ac58b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ mod tor;
 mod settings;
 pub mod gui;
 
-// Include build information.
-pub mod built_info {
-    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/built.rs"));
-}
+pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 /// Android platform entry point.
 #[allow(dead_code)]