diff --git a/CMake/VerStubUtil.cmake b/CMake/VerStubUtil.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb7f87d585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/VerStubUtil.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/SMDefs.cmake")
+
+# SM_TIMESTAMP_DATE and SM_TIMESTAMP_TIME, needed for the stub, are prepared/generated as we want them in SMDefs
+configure_file(
+    "${SM_SRC_DIR}/version_updater/verstub.cpp.in"
+    "${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/verstub.cpp"
+)
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diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2650a2a498..b0daca90e1 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
-# Version Updater library.
-add_subdirectory(version_updater)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated")
 
-# This part may move to a different file: it's the SM Data project.
+# Version Stub generation
 add_custom_command(
-  OUTPUT ${SM_SRC_DIR}/verstub.cpp
-  COMMAND VersionUpdater ${SM_SRC_DIR}/verstub.cpp
-  DEPENDS VersionUpdater
+  OUTPUT ${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/verstub.cpp
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+  ARGS -DSM_SRC_DIR=${SM_SRC_DIR} -P ${SM_SRC_DIR}/../CMake/VerStubUtil.cmake
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${SM_ROOT_DIR}"
+  DEPENDS ${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/delete
 )
-
-source_group("Generated Files" FILES ${SM_SRC_DIR}/verstub.cpp)
+if(WIN32)
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/delete
+  COMMAND del
+  ARGS ${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/ver*
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${SM_ROOT_DIR}"
+)
+else()
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/delete
+  COMMAND rm
+  ARGS -f ${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/ver*
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${SM_ROOT_DIR}"
+)
+endif()
 
 # Main project is below.
 
@@ -125,7 +139,7 @@ list(APPEND SMDATA_FILE_TYPES_HPP
 source_group("File Types" FILES ${SMDATA_FILE_TYPES_SRC} ${SMDATA_FILE_TYPES_HPP})
 
 list(APPEND SMDATA_ALL_FILES_SRC
-  ${SM_SRC_DIR}/verstub.cpp
+  ${SM_SRC_DIR}/generated/verstub.cpp
   ${SMDATA_GLOBAL_FILES_SRC}
   ${SMDATA_GLOBAL_SINGLETON_SRC}
   ${SMDATA_ALL_ACTORS_SRC}
diff --git a/src/version_updater/version.hpp.in b/src/version_updater/version.hpp.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 161d5fa3ca..0000000000
--- a/src/version_updater/version.hpp.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef VERSION_UPDATER_HPP_
-#define VERSION_UPDATER_HPP_
-
-int smVersionMajor = @SM_VERSION_MAJOR@;
-int smVersionMinor = @SM_VERSION_MINOR@;
-int smVersionPatch = @SM_VERSION_PATCH@;
-char const * const smVersionGitHash = "@SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH@";
-#if defined(IS_FULL_RELEASE)
-char const * const smVersionFull = "@SM_VERSION_TRADITIONAL@";
-#else
-char const * const smVersionFull = "@SM_VERSION_FULL@";
-#endif
-char const * const smVersionTraditional = "@SM_VERSION_TRADITIONAL@";
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/version_updater/verstub.cpp.in b/src/version_updater/verstub.cpp.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3db81a1f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version_updater/verstub.cpp.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+extern int const sm_version_major = @SM_VERSION_MAJOR@;
+extern int const sm_version_minor = @SM_VERSION_MINOR@;
+extern int const sm_version_patch = @SM_VERSION_PATCH@;
+extern char const * const sm_version_git_hash = "@SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH@";
+extern char const * const smVersionTraditional = "@SM_VERSION_TRADITIONAL@";
+extern char const * const smVersionFull = "@SM_VERSION_FULL@";
+extern char const * const version_date = "@SM_TIMESTAMP_DATE@";
+extern char const * const version_time = "@SM_TIMESTAMP_TIME@";
+#if defined(IS_FULL_RELEASE)
+extern char const * const product_version = smVersionFull;
+#else
+extern char const * const product_version = smVersionTraditional;
+#endif
+
+extern int const version_num = 0; // will change
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