diff --git a/ArduPlane/GCS_Mavlink.cpp b/ArduPlane/GCS_Mavlink.cpp
index 21a9555e28..27ae89ee92 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/GCS_Mavlink.cpp
+++ b/ArduPlane/GCS_Mavlink.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "GCS_Mavlink.h"
 
 #include "Plane.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 void Plane::send_heartbeat(mavlink_channel_t chan)
 {
diff --git a/ArduPlane/Log.cpp b/ArduPlane/Log.cpp
index a881e6227c..c55c2b247e 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/Log.cpp
+++ b/ArduPlane/Log.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "Plane.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 #if LOGGING_ENABLED == ENABLED
 
diff --git a/ArduPlane/system.cpp b/ArduPlane/system.cpp
index d0b29e6fac..093b358aa3 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/system.cpp
+++ b/ArduPlane/system.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "Plane.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 /*****************************************************************************
 *   The init_ardupilot function processes everything we need for an in - air restart