diff --git a/build-scripts/config_common.cmake b/build-scripts/config_common.cmake
index 201f9499..52a2aa7c 100644
--- a/build-scripts/config_common.cmake
+++ b/build-scripts/config_common.cmake
@@ -109,22 +109,6 @@ else ()
   unset (LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS)
 endif ()
 
-########################################
-## semantic version information
-
-if (NOT DEFINED WAMR_VERSION_MAJOR)
-  set (WAMR_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-endif ()
-
-if (NOT DEFINED WAMR_VERSION_MINOR)
-  set (WAMR_VERSION_MINOR 1)
-endif ()
-
-if (NOT DEFINED WAMR_VERSION_PATCH)
-  set (WAMR_VERSION_PATCH 1)
-endif ()
-
-configure_file(${WAMR_ROOT_DIR}/core/version.h.in ${WAMR_ROOT_DIR}/core/version.h @ONLY)
 ########################################
 
 message ("-- Build Configurations:")
diff --git a/core/version.h b/core/version.h
index 0ab4312a..4a528c42 100644
--- a/core/version.h
+++ b/core/version.h
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
  */
 
-/* Please don't modify this header. It is automatically generated.
-   Any modification should be in config_common.cmake */
-
 #ifndef _WAMR_VERSION_H_
 #define _WAMR_VERSION_H_
 #define WAMR_VERSION_MAJOR 1
diff --git a/core/version.h.in b/core/version.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 882305a8..00000000
--- a/core/version.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
- */
-
-/* Please don't modify this header. It is automatically generated.
-   Any modification should be in config_common.cmake */
-
-#ifndef _WAMR_VERSION_H_
-#define _WAMR_VERSION_H_
-#cmakedefine WAMR_VERSION_MAJOR @WAMR_VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define WAMR_VERSION_MINOR @WAMR_VERSION_MINOR@
-#define WAMR_VERSION_PATCH @WAMR_VERSION_PATCH@
-#endif