diff --git a/frontend/OBSApp.cpp b/frontend/OBSApp.cpp
index 3da732715..ac378a17f 100644
--- a/frontend/OBSApp.cpp
+++ b/frontend/OBSApp.cpp
@@ -1119,12 +1119,7 @@ string OBSApp::GetVersionString(bool platform) const
 {
 	stringstream ver;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OBSCONFIG_H
 	ver << obs_get_version_string();
-#else
-	ver << LIBOBS_API_MAJOR_VER << "." << LIBOBS_API_MINOR_VER << "." << LIBOBS_API_PATCH_VER;
-
-#endif
 
 	if (platform) {
 		ver << " (";
diff --git a/frontend/dialogs/OBSAbout.cpp b/frontend/dialogs/OBSAbout.cpp
index e9103dbab..f0a1b82d9 100644
--- a/frontend/dialogs/OBSAbout.cpp
+++ b/frontend/dialogs/OBSAbout.cpp
@@ -20,18 +20,13 @@ OBSAbout::OBSAbout(QWidget *parent) : QDialog(parent), ui(new Ui::OBSAbout)
 	ui->setupUi(this);
 
 	QString bitness;
-	QString ver;
 
 	if (sizeof(void *) == 4)
 		bitness = " (32 bit)";
 	else if (sizeof(void *) == 8)
 		bitness = " (64 bit)";
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OBSCONFIG_H
-	ver += obs_get_version_string();
-#else
-	ver += LIBOBS_API_MAJOR_VER + "." + LIBOBS_API_MINOR_VER + "." + LIBOBS_API_PATCH_VER;
-#endif
+	QString ver = obs_get_version_string();
 
 	ui->version->setText(ver + bitness);
 
diff --git a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
index 929f7e8de..072e2b235 100644
--- a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
+++ b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
@@ -491,9 +491,7 @@ OBSBasic::OBSBasic(QWidget *parent) : OBSMainWindow(parent), undo_s(ui), ui(new
 	QPoint newPos = curPos + statsDockPos;
 	statsDock->move(newPos);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OBSCONFIG_H
 	ui->actionReleaseNotes->setVisible(true);
-#endif
 
 	ui->previewDisabledWidget->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
 	connect(ui->enablePreviewButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &OBSBasic::TogglePreview);
diff --git a/libobs/CMakeLists.txt b/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
index 6593cb472..5d27883bb 100644
--- a/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -281,8 +281,6 @@ target_include_directories(
   PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config>" "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>"
 )
 
-target_compile_definitions(libobs PUBLIC HAVE_OBSCONFIG_H)
-
 set(
   public_headers
   callback/calldata.h
diff --git a/libobs/cmake/libobsConfig.cmake.in b/libobs/cmake/libobsConfig.cmake.in
index 44e17220d..f49891241 100644
--- a/libobs/cmake/libobsConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/libobs/cmake/libobsConfig.cmake.in
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ find_dependency(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME@.cmake")
 check_required_components("@PROJECT_NAME@")
+
+set_property(TARGET OBS::libobs APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS HAVE_OBSCONFIG_H)
diff --git a/libobs/cmake/linux/libobs.pc.in b/libobs/cmake/linux/libobs.pc.in
index 580c071ea..596875720 100644
--- a/libobs/cmake/linux/libobs.pc.in
+++ b/libobs/cmake/linux/libobs.pc.in
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Version: @OBS_VERSION_CANONICAL@
 Requires:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lobs
 Libs.private: -pthread -lm
-Cflags: -I${includedir} -std=gnu@CMAKE_C_STANDARD@ -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -fopenmp-simd -Werror
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -std=gnu@CMAKE_C_STANDARD@ -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -fopenmp-simd -Werror -DHAVE_OBSCONFIG_H
diff --git a/libobs/obs-config.h b/libobs/obs-config.h
index c1704cf3c..941597e30 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-config.h
+++ b/libobs/obs-config.h
@@ -47,16 +47,6 @@
 
 #define LIBOBS_API_VER MAKE_SEMANTIC_VERSION(LIBOBS_API_MAJOR_VER, LIBOBS_API_MINOR_VER, LIBOBS_API_PATCH_VER)
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OBSCONFIG_H
 #include "obsconfig.h"
-#else
-#define OBS_VERSION "unknown"
-#define OBS_DATA_PATH "../../data"
-#define OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX ""
-#define OBS_PLUGIN_DESTINATION "obs-plugins"
-#define OBS_RELATIVE_PREFIX "../../"
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 0
-#define OBS_BETA 0
-#endif
 
 #define OBS_INSTALL_DATA_PATH OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX "/" OBS_DATA_PATH
diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/flv-mux.c b/plugins/obs-outputs/flv-mux.c
index dc402930a..80b02e04f 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/flv-mux.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/flv-mux.c
@@ -230,11 +230,7 @@ static void build_flv_meta_data(obs_output_t *context, uint8_t **output, size_t
 
 	dstr_printf(&encoder_name, "%s (libobs version ", MODULE_NAME);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OBSCONFIG_H
 	dstr_cat(&encoder_name, obs_get_version_string());
-#else
-	dstr_catf(&encoder_name, "%d.%d.%d", LIBOBS_API_MAJOR_VER, LIBOBS_API_MINOR_VER, LIBOBS_API_PATCH_VER);
-#endif
 
 	dstr_cat(&encoder_name, ")");