diff --git a/src/weighttp.c b/src/weighttp.c
index c9c2800..e492045 100644
--- a/src/weighttp.c
+++ b/src/weighttp.c
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
  *     MIT, see COPYING file
  */
 
-#define VERSION "0.1"
-
 #include "weighttp.h"
 
 extern int optind, optopt; /* getopt */
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 02a5270..2472d3e 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def build(bld):
 	bld.new_task_gen(
 		features = 'cc cprogram',
 		source = ['src/client.c', 'src/weighttp.c', 'src/worker.c'],
-		defines = ['HAVE_CONFIG_H=1', 'VERSION=' % VERSION],
+		defines = ['HAVE_CONFIG_H=1', 'VERSION="' + VERSION + '"'],
 		includes = '.',
 		uselib = 'ev pthread',
 		target = 'weighttp'