diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index b2d9e3f6..2a18677a 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void syslog_example();
 
 int main(int, char *[])
 {
-    spdlog::info("Welcome to spdlog version {} !", spdlog::version());
+    spdlog::info("Welcome to spdlog version {}.{}.{}  !", SPDLOG_VER_MAJOR, SPDLOG_VER_MINOR, SPDLOG_VER_PATCH);
     spdlog::warn("Easy padding in numbers like {:08d}", 12);
     spdlog::critical("Support for int: {0:d};  hex: {0:x};  oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
     spdlog::info("Support for floats {:03.2f}", 1.23456);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h
index 5b408678..bbfb6e24 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h
@@ -112,9 +112,4 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void set_default_logger(std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> default_lo
     details::registry::instance().set_default_logger(std::move(default_logger));
 }
 
-SPDLOG_INLINE std::string version()
-{
-    return fmt::format("{}.{}.{}", SPDLOG_VER_MAJOR, SPDLOG_VER_MINOR, SPDLOG_VER_PATCH);
-}
-
 } // namespace spdlog
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index 96b6aabf..ccedb28b 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ void shutdown();
 // Automatic registration of loggers when using spdlog::create() or spdlog::create_async
 void set_automatic_registration(bool automatic_registation);
 
-// return spdlog version
-std::string version();
-
-
 // API for using default logger (stdout_color_mt),
 // e.g: spdlog::info("Message {}", 1);
 //