diff --git a/functions/arguments.sh b/functions/arguments.sh
index d24590394..2e6c2b883 100755
--- a/functions/arguments.sh
+++ b/functions/arguments.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Arguments ()
 				;;
 
 			-v|--version)
-				Version
-				shift
+				echo "${VERSION}"
+				exit 0
 				;;
 
 			--)
diff --git a/functions/version.sh b/functions/version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9ca877e7a..000000000
--- a/functions/version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-## live-build(7) - System Build Scripts
-## Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
-##
-## live-build comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see COPYING.
-## This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
-## under certain conditions; see COPYING for details.
-
-
-Version ()
-{
-	Echo "%s, version %s" "${PROGRAM}" "${VERSION}"
-	Echo "This program is a part of %s" "${PACKAGE}"
-	echo
-	Echo "Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>"
-	echo
-	Echo "This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify"
-	Echo "it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by"
-	Echo "the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or"
-	Echo "(at your option) any later version."
-	echo
-	Echo "This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,"
-	Echo "but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of"
-	Echo "MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the"
-	Echo "GNU General Public License for more details."
-	echo
-	Echo "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License"
-	Echo "along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."
-	echo
-	Echo "The complete text of the GNU General Public License"
-	Echo "can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 file."
-	echo
-	Echo "Homepage: <http://live.debian.net/>"
-
-	exit 0
-}
diff --git a/scripts/build/lb b/scripts/build/lb
index 714347132..2f2320308 100755
--- a/scripts/build/lb
+++ b/scripts/build/lb
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ case "${1}" in
 		;;
 
 	-v|--version)
-		Version
+		echo "${VERSION}"
+		exit 0
 		;;
 
 	*)
diff --git a/scripts/build/lb_clean b/scripts/build/lb_clean
index 417ce4f04..7f5a07bc4 100755
--- a/scripts/build/lb_clean
+++ b/scripts/build/lb_clean
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ do
 			;;
 
 		-v|--version)
-			Version
+			echo "${VERSION}"
+			exit 0
 			;;
 
 		*)
diff --git a/scripts/build/lb_config b/scripts/build/lb_config
index b185c03ef..f9bd370c2 100755
--- a/scripts/build/lb_config
+++ b/scripts/build/lb_config
@@ -384,11 +384,6 @@ Local_arguments ()
 				shift 2
 				;;
 
-			-v|--version)
-				Version
-				shift
-				;;
-
 			# config/bootstrap
 			-a|--architectures)
 				LB_ARCHITECTURES="${2}"
@@ -869,8 +864,8 @@ Local_arguments ()
 				;;
 
 			-v|--version)
-				Version
-				shift
+				echo "${VERSION}"
+				exit 0
 				;;
 
 			--)