diff --git a/source/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CMakeLists.txt
index cfedc1a..4203b79 100644
--- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ add_dependencies(dropshell run_createagent)
 # build dir goes first so that we can use the generated version.hpp
 target_include_directories(dropshell PRIVATE 
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src>
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/autogen>
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/utils
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/contrib
diff --git a/source/src/autogen/version.hpp b/source/src/autogen/version.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5354116..0000000
--- a/source/src/autogen/version.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-// DUMMY VERSION - replaced by build process.
-
-#include <string>
-
-namespace dropshell {
-
-// Version information
-const std::string VERSION = "DEV";
-const std::string RELEASE_DATE = "NEVER";
-const std::string AUTHOR = "j842";
-const std::string LICENSE = "MIT";
-
-} // namespace dropshell