diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index e524a5c803..0daea44e82 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -851,16 +851,6 @@ if (v8_use_external_startup_data) {
   }
 }
 
-# This is split out to be a non-code containing target that the Chromium browser
-# DLL can depend upon to get only a version string.
-v8_source_set("v8_version") {
-  configs = [ ":internal_config" ]
-
-  sources = [
-    "include/v8-version.h",
-  ]
-}
-
 v8_source_set("v8_base") {
   visibility = [ ":*" ]  # Only targets in this file can depend on this.
 
@@ -874,6 +864,7 @@ v8_source_set("v8_base") {
     "include/v8-profiler.h",
     "include/v8-testing.h",
     "include/v8-util.h",
+    "include/v8-version.h",
     "include/v8.h",
     "include/v8config.h",
     "src/accessors.cc",
@@ -2198,7 +2189,6 @@ v8_source_set("v8_base") {
   deps = [
     ":v8_libbase",
     ":v8_libsampler",
-    ":v8_version",
   ]
 
   sources += [ v8_generated_peephole_source ]
diff --git a/include/v8-version.h b/include/v8-version.h
index e963b34d07..a7a9a2f7bd 100644
--- a/include/v8-version.h
+++ b/include/v8-version.h
@@ -17,24 +17,4 @@
 // (Boolean macro values are not supported by all preprocessors.)
 #define V8_IS_CANDIDATE_VERSION 1
 
-#if V8_IS_CANDIDATE_VERSION
-#define V8_CANDIDATE_STRING " (candidate)"
-#else
-#define V8_CANDIDATE_STRING ""
-#endif
-
-#define V8_SX(x) #x
-#define V8_S(x) V8_SX(x)
-
-#if V8_PATCH_LEVEL > 0
-#define V8_VERSION_STRING                                        \
-  V8_S(V8_MAJOR_VERSION)                                         \
-  "." V8_S(V8_MINOR_VERSION) "." V8_S(V8_BUILD_NUMBER) "." V8_S( \
-      V8_PATCH_LEVEL) V8_CANDIDATE_STRING
-#else
-#define V8_VERSION_STRING \
-  V8_S(V8_MAJOR_VERSION)  \
-  "." V8_S(V8_MINOR_VERSION) "." V8_S(V8_BUILD_NUMBER) V8_CANDIDATE_STRING
-#endif
-
 #endif  // V8_INCLUDE_VERSION_H_
diff --git a/src/version.cc b/src/version.cc
index 67535cbe6d..7305bf2576 100644
--- a/src/version.cc
+++ b/src/version.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,25 @@
 // number. This define is mainly used by the build system script.
 #define SONAME            ""
 
+#if V8_IS_CANDIDATE_VERSION
+#define CANDIDATE_STRING " (candidate)"
+#else
+#define CANDIDATE_STRING ""
+#endif
+
+#define SX(x) #x
+#define S(x) SX(x)
+
+#if V8_PATCH_LEVEL > 0
+#define VERSION_STRING                                                      \
+  S(V8_MAJOR_VERSION) "." S(V8_MINOR_VERSION) "." S(V8_BUILD_NUMBER) "." S( \
+      V8_PATCH_LEVEL) CANDIDATE_STRING
+#else
+#define VERSION_STRING                                               \
+  S(V8_MAJOR_VERSION) "." S(V8_MINOR_VERSION) "." S(V8_BUILD_NUMBER) \
+      CANDIDATE_STRING
+#endif
+
 namespace v8 {
 namespace internal {
 
@@ -21,7 +40,7 @@ int Version::build_ = V8_BUILD_NUMBER;
 int Version::patch_ = V8_PATCH_LEVEL;
 bool Version::candidate_ = (V8_IS_CANDIDATE_VERSION != 0);
 const char* Version::soname_ = SONAME;
-const char* Version::version_string_ = V8_VERSION_STRING;
+const char* Version::version_string_ = VERSION_STRING;
 
 // Calculate the V8 version string.
 void Version::GetString(Vector<char> str) {