diff --git a/src/spicy/manager.cc b/src/spicy/manager.cc
index 267f0cf1ea..a90b279cdc 100644
--- a/src/spicy/manager.cc
+++ b/src/spicy/manager.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <utility>
 
-#include <hilti/rt/autogen/version.h>
 #include <hilti/rt/configuration.h>
 #include <hilti/rt/filesystem.h>
 #include <hilti/rt/fmt.h>
diff --git a/src/spicy/manager.h b/src/spicy/manager.h
index 8712d16ee4..f583ef023d 100644
--- a/src/spicy/manager.h
+++ b/src/spicy/manager.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "zeek/Tag.h"
 #include "zeek/plugin/Component.h"
 #include "zeek/plugin/Plugin.h"
+#include "zeek/spicy/spicyz/config.h" // include for Spicy version
 
 // Macro helper to report Spicy debug messages. This forwards to
 // to both the Zeek logger and the Spicy runtime logger.
diff --git a/src/spicy/runtime-support.h b/src/spicy/runtime-support.h
index 8bfc38b3f2..11fe36bfc3 100644
--- a/src/spicy/runtime-support.h
+++ b/src/spicy/runtime-support.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "zeek/Desc.h"
 #include "zeek/spicy/cookie.h"
+#include "zeek/spicy/manager.h"
 
 namespace zeek::spicy::rt {
 
diff --git a/zeek-config.h.in b/zeek-config.h.in
index 11afd6cae1..e475098986 100644
--- a/zeek-config.h.in
+++ b/zeek-config.h.in
@@ -301,6 +301,3 @@
 
 /* compiled with Spicy support */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SPICY
-
-// Version of Spicy that we are compiling against.
-#define SPICY_VERSION_NUMBER ${SPICY_VERSION_NUMBER}