diff --git a/cosmic-settings/build.rs b/cosmic-settings/build.rs
index 2f8995a..5be3e7c 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/build.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/build.rs
@@ -2,33 +2,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{env, fs};
 use xdgen::{App, Context, FluentString};
 
-fn get_cosmic_version() -> String {
-    // Try to get version from git describe
-    if let Ok(output) = std::process::Command::new("git")
-        .args(["describe", "--tags", "--always", "--dirty"])
-        .output()
-    {
-        if output.status.success() {
-            let version = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
-                .trim()
-                .to_string();
-            if !version.is_empty() && version != "unknown" {
-                return format!("COSMIC {}", version);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    // Fallback to cargo package version
-    format!("COSMIC {}", env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").unwrap_or_else(|_| "unknown".to_string()))
-}
-
 fn main() {
-    // Print the version for debugging
-    let version = get_cosmic_version();
-    println!("cargo:warning=COSMIC version: {}", version);
-    
-    // Set as a compile-time constant
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=COSMIC_VERSION={}", version);
-    
     let ctx = Context::new("../i18n", env::var("CARGO_PKG_NAME").unwrap()).unwrap();
 
     [
diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs
index face33e..d169ddb 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ fn os() -> Section<crate::pages::Message> {
         os = fl!("about-os", "os");
         os_arch = fl!("about-os", "os-architecture");
         kernel = fl!("about-os", "kernel");
-        cosmic_version = fl!("about-os", "cosmic-version");
         desktop = fl!("about-os", "desktop-environment");
         windowing_system = fl!("about-os", "windowing-system");
     });
@@ -273,13 +272,6 @@ fn os() -> Section<crate::pages::Message> {
                     settings::flex_item(&*desc[kernel], text::body(&page.info.kernel_version))
                         .align_items(Alignment::Center),
                 )
-                .add(
-                    settings::flex_item(
-                        &*desc[cosmic_version],
-                        text::body(&page.info.cosmic_version),
-                    )
-                    .align_items(Alignment::Center),
-                )
                 .add(
                     settings::flex_item(
                         &*desc[desktop],
diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs
index 48527f2..69b3540 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use std::process::Command;
 #[must_use]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Info {
-    pub cosmic_version: String,
     pub desktop_environment: String,
     pub device_name: String,
     pub disk_capacity: String,
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ impl Info {
 
     pub async fn load() -> Info {
         let mut info = Info {
-            cosmic_version: env!("COSMIC_VERSION").to_string(),
             os_architecture: architecture(),
             kernel_version: kernel_version(),
             hardware_model: hardware_model(),
diff --git a/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl b/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl
index 02f9437..f5a614e 100644
--- a/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl
+++ b/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl
@@ -1012,7 +1012,6 @@ about-os = Operating system
     .os = Operating system
     .os-architecture = Operating system architecture
     .kernel = Kernel version
-    .cosmic-version = COSMIC version
     .desktop-environment = Desktop environment
     .windowing-system = Windowing system