diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc-version.in b/src/lxc/lxc-version.in
index 190408e63..dcc88b21b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc-version.in
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc-version.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:@DATADIR@/pkgconfig
-echo "lxc version: $(pkg-config --modversion lxc)"
+echo "lxc version: @LXC_MAJOR_VERSION@.@LXC_MINOR_VERSION@.@LXC_MICRO_VERSION@"