diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 43963d125..c5225c354 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ reqwest = { git = "https://github.com/rustdesk-org/reqwest", features = ["blocki
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows")))'.dependencies]
 reqwest = { git = "https://github.com/rustdesk-org/reqwest", features = ["blocking", "socks", "json", "rustls-tls", "rustls-tls-native-roots", "gzip"], default-features=false }
 
-[build-dependencies]
-hbb_common = { path = "libs/hbb_common" }
-
 [workspace]
 members = ["libs/hbb_common"]
 exclude = ["ui"]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 9f8c85547..1dbb1c0b6 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+use std::{env, fs};
+
 fn main() {
-    hbb_common::gen_version();
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=Cargo.toml");
+    let version = env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").unwrap();
+    fs::write(
+        "./src/version.rs",
+        format!(
+            "pub const VERSION: &str = \"{version}\";\n\
+             #[allow(dead_code)]\npub const BUILD_DATE: &str = \"\";\n"
+        ),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
 }