diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c84f5b71a4..b6d29a0b30 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5928,15 +5928,6 @@ if test "$bigendian" = "yes" ; then
 fi
 if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_WIN32=y" >> $config_host_mak
-  rc_version=$(cat $source_path/VERSION)
-  version_major=${rc_version%%.*}
-  rc_version=${rc_version#*.}
-  version_minor=${rc_version%%.*}
-  rc_version=${rc_version#*.}
-  version_subminor=${rc_version%%.*}
-  version_micro=0
-  echo "CONFIG_FILEVERSION=$version_major,$version_minor,$version_subminor,$version_micro" >> $config_host_mak
-  echo "CONFIG_PRODUCTVERSION=$version_major,$version_minor,$version_subminor,$version_micro" >> $config_host_mak
   if test "$guest_agent_with_vss" = "yes" ; then
     echo "CONFIG_QGA_VSS=y" >> $config_host_mak
     echo "QGA_VSS_PROVIDER=$qga_vss_provider" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/version.rc b/version.rc
index d8e1569991..0daadbf981 100644
--- a/version.rc
+++ b/version.rc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #include "config-host.h"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION CONFIG_FILEVERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION CONFIG_PRODUCTVERSION
+FILEVERSION QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR,QEMU_VERSION_MINOR,QEMU_VERSION_MICRO,0
+PRODUCTVERSION QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR,QEMU_VERSION_MINOR,QEMU_VERSION_MICRO,0
 FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
 FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
 FILETYPE VFT_APP