diff --git a/conf/default.conf.php b/conf/default.conf.php
index c2441686dc..647e97863b 100644
--- a/conf/default.conf.php
+++ b/conf/default.conf.php
@@ -790,16 +790,6 @@ return array(
   // addresses.
   'phabricator.mail-key'        => '5ce3e7e8787f6e40dfae861da315a5cdf1018f12',
 
-  // Version string displayed in the footer. You can generate this value from
-  // Git log or from the current date in the deploy with a script like this:
-  //
-  // git log -n1 --pretty=%h > version.txt
-  //
-  // You can then use this generated value like this:
-  //
-  // 'phabricator.version' =>
-  //   file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/version.txt'),
-  'phabricator.version'         => 'UNSTABLE',
 
   // PHP requires that you set a timezone in your php.ini before using date
   // functions, or it will emit a warning. If this isn't possible (for instance,
diff --git a/src/aphront/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php b/src/aphront/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php
index 0d7f3a3b7d..e91884ef58 100644
--- a/src/aphront/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/aphront/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php
@@ -284,11 +284,6 @@ class AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration
 
     $libraries = PhutilBootloader::getInstance()->getAllLibraries();
 
-    $version = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phabricator.version');
-    if (preg_match('/[^a-f0-9]/i', $version)) {
-      $version = '';
-    }
-
     // TODO: Make this configurable?
     $path = 'https://secure.phabricator.com/diffusion/%s/browse/master/src/';
 
@@ -335,7 +330,6 @@ class AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration
           if (empty($attrs['href'])) {
             $attrs['href'] = sprintf($path, $callsigns[$lib]).
               str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '/', $relative).
-              ($version && $lib == 'phabricator' ? ';'.$version : '').
               '$'.$part['line'];
             $attrs['target'] = '_blank';
           }
diff --git a/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigAllController.php b/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigAllController.php
index 1ed9b2b799..6fd2fd9bb7 100644
--- a/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigAllController.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/controller/PhabricatorConfigAllController.php
@@ -58,11 +58,27 @@ final class PhabricatorConfigAllController
     $panel->appendChild($table);
     $panel->setNoBackground();
 
+    $phabricator_root = dirname(phutil_get_library_root('phabricator'));
+    $future = id(new ExecFuture('git log --format=%%H -n 1 --'))
+      ->setCWD($phabricator_root);
+    list($err, $stdout) = $future->resolve();
+    if (!$err) {
+      $display_version = trim($stdout);
+    } else {
+      $display_version = pht('Unknown');
+    }
+    $version_property_list = id(new PhabricatorPropertyListView());
+    $version_property_list->addProperty('Version', $display_version);
+
+
     $nav = $this->buildSideNavView();
     $nav->selectFilter('all/');
     $nav->setCrumbs($crumbs);
+    $nav->appendChild($version_property_list);
     $nav->appendChild($panel);
 
+
+
     return $this->buildApplicationPage(
       $nav,
       array(
diff --git a/src/applications/config/option/PhabricatorCoreConfigOptions.php b/src/applications/config/option/PhabricatorCoreConfigOptions.php
index 148d6e0dee..a80de1b154 100644
--- a/src/applications/config/option/PhabricatorCoreConfigOptions.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/option/PhabricatorCoreConfigOptions.php
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ final class PhabricatorCoreConfigOptions
       $this->newOption('phabricator.env', 'string', null)
         ->setLocked(true)
         ->setDescription(pht('Internal.')),
-      $this->newOption('phabricator.version', 'string', null)
-        ->setLocked(true)
-        ->setDescription(pht('Internal / deprecated.')),
       $this->newOption('phabricator.setup', 'bool', false)
         ->setLocked(true)
         ->setDescription(pht('Internal / deprecated.')),
diff --git a/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php b/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
index dc037e2276..5691136c45 100644
--- a/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
+++ b/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
@@ -370,11 +370,6 @@ final class PhabricatorStandardPageView extends PhabricatorBarePageView {
 
     $foot_links = array();
 
-    $version = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phabricator.version');
-    $foot_links[] =
-      '<a href="http://phabricator.org/">Phabricator</a> '.
-      phutil_escape_html($version);
-
     if (PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('darkconsole.enabled') &&
        !PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('darkconsole.always-on')) {
       if ($console) {