diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02ca2605..02d6a099 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -359,4 +359,4 @@ deb: build/release
 	@mkdir -p build/release-deb/usr/local/lib
 	cp -ar build/release/tinygo build/release-deb/usr/local/lib/tinygo
 	ln -sf ../lib/tinygo/bin/tinygo build/release-deb/usr/local/bin/tinygo
-	fpm -f -s dir -t deb -n tinygo -v $(shell grep "version = " version.go | awk '{print $$NF}') -m '@tinygo-org' --description='TinyGo is a Go compiler for small places.' --license='BSD 3-Clause' --url=https://tinygo.org/ --deb-changelog CHANGELOG.md -p build/release.deb -C ./build/release-deb
+	fpm -f -s dir -t deb -n tinygo -v $(shell grep "const Version = " goenv/version.go | awk '{print $$NF}') -m '@tinygo-org' --description='TinyGo is a Go compiler for small places.' --license='BSD 3-Clause' --url=https://tinygo.org/ --deb-changelog CHANGELOG.md -p build/release.deb -C ./build/release-deb
diff --git a/goenv/version.go b/goenv/version.go
index 7c0d10f6..51144705 100644
--- a/goenv/version.go
+++ b/goenv/version.go
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Version of TinyGo.
+// Update this value before release of new version of software.
+const Version = "0.14.0-dev"
+
 // GetGorootVersion returns the major and minor version for a given GOROOT path.
 // If the goroot cannot be determined, (0, 0) is returned.
 func GetGorootVersion(goroot string) (major, minor int, err error) {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 27836d1a..9fe0b240 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ func getDefaultPort() (port string, err error) {
 
 func usage() {
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "TinyGo is a Go compiler for small places.")
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "version:", version)
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "version:", goenv.Version)
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "usage: %s command [-printir] [-target=<target>] -o <output> <input>\n", os.Args[0])
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "\ncommands:")
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "  build: compile packages and dependencies")
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ func main() {
 		if s, err := goenv.GorootVersionString(goenv.Get("GOROOT")); err == nil {
 			goversion = s
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("tinygo version %s %s/%s (using go version %s and LLVM version %s)\n", version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, goversion, llvm.Version)
+		fmt.Printf("tinygo version %s %s/%s (using go version %s and LLVM version %s)\n", goenv.Version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, goversion, llvm.Version)
 	case "env":
 		if flag.NArg() == 0 {
 			// Show all environment variables.
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d35efa1..00000000
--- a/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-// version of this package.
-// Update this value before release of new version of software.
-const version = "0.14.0-dev"