diff --git a/catalogd/cmd/catalogd/main.go b/catalogd/cmd/catalogd/main.go
index 7ba03fb5e..4904857e9 100644
--- a/catalogd/cmd/catalogd/main.go
+++ b/catalogd/cmd/catalogd/main.go
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/catalogd/internal/serverutil"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/catalogd/internal/source"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/catalogd/internal/storage"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/catalogd/internal/version"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/catalogd/internal/webhook"
 	fsutil "github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/internal/util/fs"
+	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/internal/version"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func main() {
 	pflag.Parse()
 
 	if catalogdVersion {
-		fmt.Printf("%#v\n", version.Version())
+		fmt.Printf("%#v\n", version.String())
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
diff --git a/catalogd/internal/version/version.go b/catalogd/internal/version/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 73ba429a9..000000000
--- a/catalogd/internal/version/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package version
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
-	genericversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
-)
-
-var (
-	gitVersion   = "unknown"
-	gitCommit    = "unknown" // sha1 from git, output of $(git rev-parse HEAD)
-	gitTreeState = "unknown" // state of git tree, either "clean" or "dirty"
-	commitDate   = "unknown" // build date in ISO8601 format, output of $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
-)
-
-// Version returns a version struct for the build
-func Version() genericversion.Info {
-	info := genericversion.Info{
-		GitVersion:   gitVersion,
-		GitCommit:    gitCommit,
-		GitTreeState: gitTreeState,
-		BuildDate:    commitDate,
-		GoVersion:    runtime.Version(),
-		Compiler:     runtime.Compiler,
-		Platform:     fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH),
-	}
-	v, err := semver.Parse(strings.TrimPrefix(gitVersion, "v"))
-	if err == nil {
-		info.Major = fmt.Sprintf("%d", v.Major)
-		info.Minor = fmt.Sprintf("%d", v.Minor)
-	}
-	return info
-}