diff --git a/gerrit-common/BUCK b/gerrit-common/BUCK
index 7423e35976..8dfdbb70d0 100644
--- a/gerrit-common/BUCK
+++ b/gerrit-common/BUCK
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ gwt_module(
 
 java_library(
   name = 'server',
-  srcs = glob(
-    [SRC + 'common/**/*.java'],
-    excludes = [SRC + 'common/ClientVersion.java'],
-  ),
+  srcs = glob([SRC + 'common/**/*.java']),
   deps = [
     '//gerrit-patch-jgit:server',
     '//gerrit-prettify:server',
diff --git a/gerrit-common/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/common/ClientVersion.java b/gerrit-common/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/common/ClientVersion.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 42ee5dd3d9..0000000000
--- a/gerrit-common/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/common/ClientVersion.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package com.google.gerrit.common;
-
-import com.google.gwt.resources.client.ClientBundle;
-import com.google.gwt.resources.client.TextResource;
-
-public interface ClientVersion extends ClientBundle {
-  /** Version number of this client software build. */
-  @Source("Version")
-  TextResource version();
-}
diff --git a/gerrit-common/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/HostPageData.java b/gerrit-common/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/HostPageData.java
index f014f5fd53..f143405ab0 100644
--- a/gerrit-common/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/HostPageData.java
+++ b/gerrit-common/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/HostPageData.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 /** Data sent as part of the host page, to bootstrap the UI. */
 public class HostPageData {
+  public String version;
   public Account account;
   public AccountDiffPreference accountDiffPref;
   public String xGerritAuth;
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/DEFS b/gerrit-gwtui/DEFS
index baffdbb7e0..6ace5bf68f 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/DEFS
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/DEFS
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ DEBUG_OPTS = [
   '-optimize', '0',
 ]
 
-APP_DEPS = [
-  ':ui_module',
-  '//gerrit-common:version',
-]
+APP_DEPS = [':ui_module']
 
 def gwt_user_agent_permutations(
     name,
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/Gerrit.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/Gerrit.java
index 2a9cb71b12..62662c9d3b 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/Gerrit.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/Gerrit.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import com.google.gerrit.client.ui.MorphingTabPanel;
 import com.google.gerrit.client.ui.PatchLink;
 import com.google.gerrit.client.ui.Screen;
 import com.google.gerrit.client.ui.ScreenLoadEvent;
-import com.google.gerrit.common.ClientVersion;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.PageLinks;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.GerritConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.GitwebConfig;
@@ -434,19 +433,13 @@ public class Gerrit implements EntryPoint {
     }
   }
 
-  private static void populateBottomMenu(final RootPanel btmmenu) {
+  private static void populateBottomMenu(RootPanel btmmenu, HostPageData hpd) {
     final Label keyHelp = new Label(C.keyHelp());
     keyHelp.setStyleName(RESOURCES.css().keyhelp());
     btmmenu.add(keyHelp);
 
-    String vs;
-    if (GWT.isScript()) {
-      final ClientVersion v = GWT.create(ClientVersion.class);
-      vs = v.version().getText();
-      if (vs.startsWith("v")) {
-        vs = vs.substring(1);
-      }
-    } else {
+    String vs = hpd.version;
+    if (vs == null || vs.isEmpty()) {
       vs = "dev";
     }
 
@@ -539,7 +532,7 @@ public class Gerrit implements EntryPoint {
 
     applyUserPreferences();
     initHistoryHooks();
-    populateBottomMenu(gBottomMenu);
+    populateBottomMenu(gBottomMenu, hpd);
     refreshMenuBar();
 
     History.addValueChangeHandler(new ValueChangeHandler<String>() {
diff --git a/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/HostPageServlet.java b/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/HostPageServlet.java
index ea2168a8a4..b1fd412981 100644
--- a/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/HostPageServlet.java
+++ b/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/HostPageServlet.java
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.httpd.raw;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.hash.Hasher;
 import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
-import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Bytes;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.Version;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.GerritConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.HostPageData;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ public class HostPageServlet extends HttpServlet {
       footer = injectXmlFile(hostDoc, "gerrit_footer", site.site_footer);
 
       final HostPageData pageData = new HostPageData();
+      pageData.version = Version.getVersion();
       pageData.config = config;
 
       final StringWriter w = new StringWriter();