diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60c4a0b..aa5d4c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@
 /libs/
 /doc/doxyfile
 /dist/
-/include/json/version.h
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 088bcba..85e954e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,38 +30,6 @@ FUNCTION(set_using_dynamic_name VAR_NAME VALUE)
     SET( "${VAR_NAME}" "${VALUE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 ENDFUNCTION(set_using_dynamic_name) 
 
-# Extract major, minor, patch and qualifier from version text
-# Parse a version string "X.Y.Z[-qualifier]" and outputs
-# version parts in ${OUPUT_PREFIX}_MAJOR, _MINOR, _PATCH, _QUALIFIER.
-# If parse succed then ${OUPUT_PREFIX}_FOUND is TRUE.
-MACRO(jsoncpp_parse_version VERSION_TEXT OUPUT_PREFIX)
-    SET(VERSION_REGEX "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?")
-    IF( ${VERSION_TEXT} MATCHES ${VERSION_REGEX} )
-        STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+|-([A-Za-z0-9_]+)" VERSION_PARTS ${VERSION_TEXT})
-        list(APPEND VERSION_PARTS "") # empty qualifier to handle no qualifier case
-        LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 0 ${OUPUT_PREFIX}_MAJOR)
-        LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 1 ${OUPUT_PREFIX}_MINOR)
-        LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 2 ${OUPUT_PREFIX}_PATCH)
-        LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 3 ${OUPUT_PREFIX}_QUALIFIER)
-        set_using_dynamic_name( "${OUPUT_PREFIX}_FOUND" TRUE ) 
-    ELSE( ${VERSION_TEXT} MATCHES ${VERSION_REGEX} )
-        set_using_dynamic_name( "${OUPUT_PREFIX}_FOUND" FALSE ) 
-    ENDIF( ${VERSION_TEXT} MATCHES ${VERSION_REGEX} )
-ENDMACRO(jsoncpp_parse_version)
-
-# Read out version from "version" file
-FILE(STRINGS "version" JSONCPP_VERSION)
-
-jsoncpp_parse_version( ${JSONCPP_VERSION} JSONCPP_VERSION )
-IF(NOT JSONCPP_VERSION_FOUND)
-    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to parse version string properly. Expect X.Y.Z[-qualifier]")
-ENDIF(NOT JSONCPP_VERSION_FOUND)
-
-MESSAGE(STATUS "JsonCpp Version: ${JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR}.${JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH}${JSONCPP_VERSION_QUALIFIER}")
-# File version.h is only regenerated on CMake configure step
-CONFIGURE_FILE( "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/lib_json/version.h.in"
-                "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/json/version.h" )
-
 macro(UseCompilationWarningAsError)
 	if ( MSVC )
         # Only enabled in debug because some old versions of VS STL generate
diff --git a/include/json/version.h b/include/json/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3466c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/json/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// DO NOT EDIT. This file is generated by CMake from  "version" 
+// and "version.h.in" files.
+// Run CMake configure step to update it.
+#ifndef JSON_VERSION_H_INCLUDED
+# define JSON_VERSION_H_INCLUDED
+
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_STRING "0.6.0-dev"
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR 0
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR 6
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH 0
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_QUALIFIER -dev
+# define JSONCPP_VERSION_HEXA ((JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR << 24) | (JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR << 16) | (JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH << 8))
+
+#endif // JSON_VERSION_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt
index dc3d977..91e1806 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ ADD_LIBRARY( jsoncpp_lib ${JSONCPP_LIB_TYPE}
              json_valueiterator.inl
              json_value.cpp
              json_writer.cpp
-             version.h.in
              )
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME jsoncpp )
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib PROPERTIES VERSION ${JSON_CPP_VERSION} SOVERSION ${JSON_CPP_VERSION} )