diff --git a/cmake/common/bootstrap.cmake b/cmake/common/bootstrap.cmake
index 9ac851368..d081fe5bf 100644
--- a/cmake/common/bootstrap.cmake
+++ b/cmake/common/bootstrap.cmake
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ set(OBS_CMAKE_VERSION 3.0.0)
 
 # Configure default version strings
 set(_obs_default_version "0" "0" "1")
-set(_obs_release_candidate "0" "0" "0" "0")
-set(_obs_beta "0" "0" "0" "0")
+set(_obs_release_candidate 0)
+set(_obs_beta 0)
 
 # Add common module directories to default search path
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/common" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/finders")
diff --git a/cmake/common/versionconfig.cmake b/cmake/common/versionconfig.cmake
index a6370d697..c1ddb56c3 100644
--- a/cmake/common/versionconfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/common/versionconfig.cmake
@@ -33,23 +33,17 @@ endif()
 
 # Set beta/rc versions if suffix included in version string
 if(_obs_version MATCHES "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)-rc([0-9]+).*$" "\\1;\\2;\\3;\\4" _obs_release_candidate
-                       ${_obs_version})
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-rc([0-9]+).*$" "\\1" _obs_release_candidate ${_obs_version})
 elseif(_obs_version MATCHES "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-beta[0-9]+")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)-beta([0-9]+).*$" "\\1;\\2;\\3;\\4" _obs_beta ${_obs_version})
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-beta([0-9]+).*$" "\\1" _obs_beta ${_obs_version})
 endif()
 
 list(GET _obs_version_canonical 0 OBS_VERSION_MAJOR)
 list(GET _obs_version_canonical 1 OBS_VERSION_MINOR)
 list(GET _obs_version_canonical 2 OBS_VERSION_PATCH)
-list(GET _obs_release_candidate 0 OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MAJOR)
-list(GET _obs_release_candidate 1 OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MINOR)
-list(GET _obs_release_candidate 2 OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_PATCH)
-list(GET _obs_release_candidate 3 OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE)
-list(GET _obs_beta 0 OBS_BETA_MAJOR)
-list(GET _obs_beta 1 OBS_BETA_MINOR)
-list(GET _obs_beta 2 OBS_BETA_PATCH)
-list(GET _obs_beta 3 OBS_BETA)
+
+set(OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE ${_obs_release_candidate})
+set(OBS_BETA ${_obs_beta})
 
 string(REPLACE ";" "." OBS_VERSION_CANONICAL "${_obs_version_canonical}")
 string(REPLACE ";" "." OBS_VERSION "${_obs_version}")
diff --git a/libobs/obs-config.h b/libobs/obs-config.h
index 7eaa36772..b0e80d41c 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-config.h
+++ b/libobs/obs-config.h
@@ -58,15 +58,7 @@
 #define OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX ""
 #define OBS_PLUGIN_DESTINATION "obs-plugins"
 #define OBS_RELATIVE_PREFIX "../../"
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MAJOR 0
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MINOR 0
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_PATCH 0
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_VER 0
 #define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 0
-#define OBS_BETA_MAJOR 0
-#define OBS_BETA_MINOR 0
-#define OBS_BETA_PATCH 0
-#define OBS_BETA_VER 0
 #define OBS_BETA 0
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libobs/obsconfig.h.in b/libobs/obsconfig.h.in
index b4de06623..2a7c87df8 100644
--- a/libobs/obsconfig.h.in
+++ b/libobs/obsconfig.h.in
@@ -9,29 +9,5 @@
 #cmakedefine XCB_XINPUT_FOUND
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_WAYLAND
 
-/* NOTE: Release candidate version numbers internally are always the previous
- * main release number!  For example, if the current public release is 21.0 and
- * the build is 22.0 release candidate 1, internally the build number (defined
- * by LIBOBS_API_VER/etc) will always be 21.0, despite the OBS_VERSION string
- * saying "22.0 RC1".
- *
- * If the release candidate version number is 0.0.0 and the RC number is 0,
- * that means it's not a release candidate build. */
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MAJOR @OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MAJOR@
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MINOR @OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MINOR@
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_PATCH @OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_PATCH@
-#define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_VER \
-	MAKE_SEMANTIC_VERSION(OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MAJOR, \
-	                      OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_MINOR, \
-	                      OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE_PATCH)
 #define OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE @OBS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE@
-
-/* Same thing for beta builds */
-#define OBS_BETA_MAJOR @OBS_BETA_MAJOR@
-#define OBS_BETA_MINOR @OBS_BETA_MINOR@
-#define OBS_BETA_PATCH @OBS_BETA_PATCH@
-#define OBS_BETA_VER \
-	MAKE_SEMANTIC_VERSION(OBS_BETA_MAJOR, \
-	                      OBS_BETA_MINOR, \
-	                      OBS_BETA_PATCH)
 #define OBS_BETA @OBS_BETA@