1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 60c7a6ef6f..053c8532af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -271,4 +271,6 @@ include $(TMK_PATH)/rules.mk
 GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --abbrev=6 --dirty --always --tags 2>/dev/null || date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
 BUILD_DATE := $(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
 OPT_DEFS += -DQMK_KEYBOARD=\"$(KEYBOARD)\" -DQMK_KEYMAP=\"$(KEYMAP)\"
-OPT_DEFS += -DQMK_VERSION=\"$(GIT_VERSION)\" -DQMK_BUILDDATE=\"$(BUILD_DATE)\"
+
+$(shell echo '#define QMK_VERSION "$(GIT_VERSION)"' > $(QUANTUM_PATH)/version.h)
+$(shell echo '#define QMK_BUILDDATE "$(BUILD_DATE)"' >> $(QUANTUM_PATH)/version.h)
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