diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index adddaa6c..a2af918f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 # TODO Remove This before we ship non beta version. Remember
 # the AU rescans only when versions change even if binaries are
 # different.
-message(STATUS "ShortcircuitXT: Using date-driven version while in alpha")
 string(TIMESTAMP DAY_OF_YEAR "%j")
 string(TIMESTAMP YEAR "%Y")
 math(EXPR PART0 "${YEAR}-2023 + 6")
@@ -32,25 +31,10 @@ math(EXPR PART1 "${DAY_OF_YEAR} + 1")
 
 project(ShortcircuitXT VERSION 0.${PART0}.${PART1}.0 LANGUAGES C CXX ASM)
 set(ShortcircuitXT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
+message(STATUS "ShortcircuitXT: Using date-driven version while in alpha - ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
-if (APPLE)
-    enable_language(OBJC)
-    enable_language(OBJCXX)
-    set(CMAKE_OBJC_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
-    set(CMAKE_OBJCXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
-    if( ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "15.0.0" AND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "15.1")
-        add_link_options(-Wl,-ld_classic)
-        add_compile_definitions(JUCE_SILENCE_XCODE_15_LINKER_WARNING=1)
-    endif()
-endif ()
-
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Never want shared if not specified")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
-set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON)
-set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
-
+include(libs/sst/sst-plugininfra/cmake/git-version-functions.cmake)
+version_from_versionfile_or_git()
 
 # Build Time Options
 option(SCXT_BUILD_VST3 "Build a VST3 plugin" ON)
@@ -78,12 +62,6 @@ else()
     option(SCXT_USE_CLAP_WRAPPER_STANDALONE "Build with the clap wrapper standalone rather than our temp one" OFF)
 endif()
 
-# Calculate bitness
-math(EXPR BITS "8*${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}")
-if (NOT ${BITS} EQUAL 64)
-    message(WARNING "${PROJECT_NAME} has only been tested on 64 bits. This may not work")
-endif ()
-
 # Share some information about the  build
 message(STATUS "Shortcircuit XT ${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "Compiler Version is ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
@@ -91,36 +69,14 @@ if (MSVC)
     message(STATUS "Windows Architecture is ${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}")
 endif()
 
-# Everything here is C++ 17 now
-if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT SCXT_SKIP_PIE_CHANGE)
-    message(STATUS "Setting -no-pie on EXE flags; use SCXT_SKIP_PIE_CHANGE=TRUE to avoid")
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-no-pie")
-endif ()
-
-if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang|GNU")
-    if (${SCXT_SANITIZE})
-        message(STATUS "Sanitizer is ON")
-    endif ()
-
-    # BP note: If you want to turn on llvm/gcc sanitize, remove this and the link options below
-    add_compile_options(
-            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=address>
-            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=undefined>
-    )
-
-    add_link_options(
-            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=address>
-            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=undefined>
-    )
-endif ()
 
-add_compile_definitions(SCXT_ROOT_BUILD_DIR="${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
-
-include(cmake/compiler-and-git.cmake)
+include(cmake/compiler-options.cmake)
 include(cmake/CmakeRC.cmake)
 
+# Setup libraries
 add_subdirectory(libs)
 
+
 # Next for now
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(resources)
@@ -128,24 +84,6 @@ add_subdirectory(src-ui)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 add_subdirectory(clients)
 
-include(cmake/basic-installer.cmake)
 
+include(cmake/basic-installer.cmake)
 
-add_custom_target(scxt-code-checks)
-
-# Clang Format checks
-find_program(CLANG_FORMAT_EXE NAMES clang-format-12 clang-format)
-set(CLANG_FORMAT_DIRS src src-ui tests clients)
-set(CLANG_FORMAT_EXTS cpp h)
-foreach (dir ${CLANG_FORMAT_DIRS})
-    foreach (ext ${CLANG_FORMAT_EXTS})
-        list(APPEND CLANG_FORMAT_GLOBS "':(glob)${dir}/**/*.${ext}'")
-    endforeach ()
-endforeach ()
-add_custom_command(TARGET scxt-code-checks
-        POST_BUILD
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo About to check clang-format using ${CLANG_FORMAT_EXE}
-        COMMAND git ls-files -- ${CLANG_FORMAT_GLOBS} | xargs ${CLANG_FORMAT_EXE} --dry-run --Werror
-        )
-# }}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/clap-first/scxt-juce-standalone/scxt-juce-standalone.cpp b/clients/clap-first/scxt-juce-standalone/scxt-juce-standalone.cpp
index f04e3d3c..578a2442 100644
--- a/clients/clap-first/scxt-juce-standalone/scxt-juce-standalone.cpp
+++ b/clients/clap-first/scxt-juce-standalone/scxt-juce-standalone.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include <juce_audio_utils/juce_audio_utils.h>
 #include "utils.h"
 
-#include "version.h"
-
 #include "engine/engine.h"
 #include "app/SCXTEditor.h"
 #include "sst/voicemanager/midi1_to_voicemanager.h"
diff --git a/clients/clap-first/scxt-plugin/scxt-plugin.cpp b/clients/clap-first/scxt-plugin/scxt-plugin.cpp
index b14b7d22..0f35610d 100644
--- a/clients/clap-first/scxt-plugin/scxt-plugin.cpp
+++ b/clients/clap-first/scxt-plugin/scxt-plugin.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 
 #include "scxt-plugin.h"
-#include "version.h"
+#include "sst/plugininfra/version_information.h"
 #include "app/SCXTEditor.h"
 
 namespace scxt::clap_first::scxt_plugin
@@ -39,16 +39,17 @@ const clap_plugin_descriptor *getDescription()
     static const char *features[] = {CLAP_PLUGIN_FEATURE_INSTRUMENT, CLAP_PLUGIN_FEATURE_SAMPLER,
                                      CLAP_PLUGIN_FEATURE_SYNTHESIZER, "Free and Open Source",
                                      nullptr};
-    static clap_plugin_descriptor desc = {CLAP_VERSION,
-                                          "org.surge-synth-team.shortcircuit-xt",
-                                          "Shortcircuit XT",
-                                          "Surge Synth Team",
-                                          "https://surge-synth-team.org",
-                                          "",
-                                          "",
-                                          scxt::build::FullVersionStr,
-                                          "The Flagship Creative Sampler from the Surge Synth Team",
-                                          &features[0]};
+    static clap_plugin_descriptor desc = {
+        CLAP_VERSION,
+        "org.surge-synth-team.shortcircuit-xt",
+        "Shortcircuit XT",
+        "Surge Synth Team",
+        "https://surge-synth-team.org",
+        "",
+        "",
+        sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::project_version_and_hash,
+        "The Flagship Creative Sampler from the Surge Synth Team",
+        &features[0]};
     return &desc;
 }
 
diff --git a/cmake/code-quality.cmake b/cmake/code-quality.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e886446..00000000
--- a/cmake/code-quality.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-
-add_custom_target(code-quality-pipeline-checks)
-
-# Clang Format checks
-set(CLANG_FORMAT_DIRS src wrappers tests)
-set(CLANG_FORMAT_EXTS cpp h)
-foreach (dir ${CLANG_FORMAT_DIRS})
-    foreach (ext ${CLANG_FORMAT_EXTS})
-        list(APPEND CLANG_FORMAT_GLOBS "':(glob)${dir}/**/*.${ext}'")
-    endforeach ()
-endforeach ()
-add_custom_command(TARGET code-quality-pipeline-checks
-        POST_BUILD
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo About to check clang-format using clang-format-12
-        COMMAND git ls-files -- ${CLANG_FORMAT_GLOBS} | xargs clang-format-12 --dry-run --Werror
-        )
diff --git a/cmake/compiler-and-git.cmake b/cmake/compiler-options.cmake
similarity index 59%
rename from cmake/compiler-and-git.cmake
rename to cmake/compiler-options.cmake
index 57435ed4..f7cdc502 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler-and-git.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler-options.cmake
@@ -1,38 +1,60 @@
-# Set up version information using the same approach as surge, namely
-# with an external cmake run, a git-info target, and a generated
-# ${bld}/geninclude/version.cpp
-
-add_custom_target(version-info BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/geninclude/version.cpp
-        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version.h
-        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version.cpp.in
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-        -D PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
-        -D PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
-        -D SHORTCSRC=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-        -D SHORTCBLD=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-        -D AZURE_PIPELINE=${AZURE_PIPELINE}
-        -D WIN32=${WIN32}
-        -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}
-        -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}
-        -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/versiontools.cmake
-)
+
+# Calculate bitness
+math(EXPR BITS "8*${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}")
+if (NOT ${BITS} EQUAL 64)
+    message(WARNING "${PROJECT_NAME} has only been tested on 64 bits. This may not work")
+endif ()
+
+
+# Everything here is C++ 17 now
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT SCXT_SKIP_PIE_CHANGE)
+    message(STATUS "Setting -no-pie on EXE flags; use SCXT_SKIP_PIE_CHANGE=TRUE to avoid")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-no-pie")
+endif ()
+
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang|GNU")
+    if (${SCXT_SANITIZE})
+        message(STATUS "Sanitizer is ON")
+    endif ()
+
+    # BP note: If you want to turn on llvm/gcc sanitize, remove this and the link options below
+    add_compile_options(
+            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=address>
+            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=undefined>
+    )
+
+    add_link_options(
+            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=address>
+            $<$<BOOL:${SCXT_SANITIZE}>:-fsanitize=undefined>
+    )
+endif ()
+
 
 # Platform Specific Compile Settings
-add_library(sc-compiler-options)
+add_library(sc-compiler-options INTERFACE)
 
-target_sources(sc-compiler-options PRIVATE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/geninclude/version.cpp)
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Never want shared if not specified")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
+set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON)
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
 
-target_include_directories(sc-compiler-options PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
+if (${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "You have overriden BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to be ON. This is an unsupported configuration")
+endif()
 
-# visibility needs to be consistent across the whole project
-add_compile_options(
-        # PE/COFF doesn't support visibility
-        $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${WIN32}>>:-fvisibility=hidden>
+if (APPLE)
+    enable_language(OBJC)
+    enable_language(OBJCXX)
+    set(CMAKE_OBJC_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
+    set(CMAKE_OBJCXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
+    if( ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "15.0.0" AND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "15.1")
+        add_link_options(-Wl,-ld_classic)
+        add_compile_definitions(JUCE_SILENCE_XCODE_15_LINKER_WARNING=1)
+    endif()
+endif ()
 
-        # Inlines visibility is only relevant with C++
-        $<$<AND:$<NOT:$<BOOL:${WIN32}>>,$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>>:-fvisibility-inlines-hidden>
-)
 
 if (APPLE)
     set(OS_COMPILE_OPTIONS
diff --git a/cmake/version.cpp.in b/cmake/version.cpp.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 5159659f..00000000
--- a/cmake/version.cpp.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** This file is rebuilt and substitited every time you run a build.
-** Things which need to be per-build should be defined here, declared
-** in the version.h header, and then used wherever you want
-*/
-#include <version.h>
-
-// clang-format off
-namespace scxt
-{
-const char *build::MajorVersionStr = "@SHORTC_MAJOR_VERSION@";
-const int build::MajorVersionInt = @SHORTC_MAJOR_VERSION@;
-
-const char *build::SubVersionStr = "@SHORTC_SUB_VERSION@";
-const int build::SubVersionInt = @SHORTC_SUB_VERSION@;
-
-const char *build::ReleaseNumberStr = "@SHORTC_RELEASE_NUMBER@";
-const char *build::ReleaseStr = "@SHORTC_RELEASE_VERSION@";
-
-const char *build::BuildNumberStr =
-    "@SHORTC_BUILD_HASH@"; // Build number to be sure that each result could identified.
-
-const char *build::FullVersionStr = "@SHORTC_FULL_VERSION@";
-const char *build::BuildHost = "@SHORTC_BUILD_FQDN@";
-const char *build::BuildArch = "@SHORTC_BUILD_ARCH@";
-const char *build::BuildCompiler = "@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID@-@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION@";
-
-const char *build::BuildLocation = "@SHORTC_BUILD_LOCATION@";
-
-const char *build::BuildDate = "@SHORTC_BUILD_DATE@";
-const char *build::BuildTime = "@SHORTC_BUILD_TIME@";
-const char *build::BuildYear = "@SHORTC_BUILD_YEAR@";
-
-const char *build::GitHash = "@GIT_COMMIT_HASH@";
-const char *build::GitBranch = "@GIT_BRANCH@";
-
-const char *build::CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@";
-} // namespace scxt
-//clang-format on
diff --git a/cmake/version.h b/cmake/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f8216954..00000000
--- a/cmake/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Shortcircuit XT - a Surge Synth Team product
- *
- * A fully featured creative sampler, available as a standalone
- * and plugin for multiple platforms.
- *
- * Copyright 2019 - 2023, Various authors, as described in the github
- * transaction log.
- *
- * ShortcircuitXT is released under the Gnu General Public Licence
- * V3 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later). The license is found in the file
- * "LICENSE" in the root of this repository or at
- * https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
- *
- * Individual sections of code which comprises ShortcircuitXT in this
- * repository may also be used under an MIT license. Please see the
- * section  "Licensing" in "README.md" for details.
- *
- * ShortcircuitXT is inspired by, and shares code with, the
- * commercial product Shortcircuit 1 and 2, released by VemberTech
- * in the mid 2000s. The code for Shortcircuit 2 was opensourced in
- * 2020 at the outset of this project.
- *
- * All source for ShortcircuitXT is available at
- * https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/shortcircuit-xt
- */
-#ifndef SCXT_SRC_VERSION_H
-#define SCXT_SRC_VERSION_H
-
-namespace scxt
-{
-struct build
-{
-    static const char *MajorVersionStr;
-    static const int MajorVersionInt;
-
-    static const char *SubVersionStr;
-    static const int SubVersionInt;
-
-    static const char *ReleaseNumberStr;
-    static const char *ReleaseStr;
-
-    static const char *GitHash;
-    static const char *GitBranch;
-
-    static const char *BuildNumberStr;
-
-    static const char *FullVersionStr;
-    static const char *BuildHost;
-    static const char *BuildArch;
-
-    static const char *BuildLocation; // Local or Pipeline
-
-    static const char *BuildDate;
-    static const char *BuildTime;
-    static const char *BuildYear;
-
-    // Some features from cmake
-    static const char *CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX;
-    static const char *BuildCompiler;
-};
-} // namespace scxt
-
-#endif //__version__
diff --git a/cmake/versiontools.cmake b/cmake/versiontools.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 312378bc..00000000
--- a/cmake/versiontools.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-
-find_package(Git)
-
-if( EXISTS ${SHORTCSRC}/VERSION_GIT_INFO )
-  message( STATUS "VERSION_GIT_INFO file is present; using that rather than git query" )
-  # Line 2 is the branch, line 3 is the hash
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND sed -n "2p" ${SHORTCSRC}/VERSION_GIT_INFO
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SHORTCSRC}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND sed -n "3p" ${SHORTCSRC}/VERSION_GIT_INFO
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SHORTCSRC}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-
-elseif( Git_FOUND )
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SHORTCSRC}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --short HEAD
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SHORTCSRC}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-endif()
-
-if("${GIT_BRANCH}" STREQUAL "")
-  message(WARNING "Could not determine Git branch, using placeholder.")
-  set(GIT_BRANCH "git-no-branch")
-endif()
-if ("${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}" STREQUAL "")
-  message(WARNING "Could not determine Git commit hash, using placeholder.")
-  set(GIT_COMMIT_HASH "git-no-commit")
-endif()
-
-if( WIN32 )
-  set( SHORTC_BUILD_ARCH "Intel" )
-else()
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND uname -m
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE SHORTC_BUILD_ARCH
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-  )
-endif()
-
-cmake_host_system_information(RESULT SHORTC_BUILD_FQDN QUERY FQDN )
-
-message( STATUS "Setting up Shortcircuit XT version:" )
-message( STATUS "  Git hash is ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} and branch is ${GIT_BRANCH}" )
-message( STATUS "  Build host is ${SHORTC_BUILD_FQDN}" )
-message( STATUS "  Build architecture is ${SHORTC_BUILD_ARCH}" )
-
-if( ${AZURE_PIPELINE} )
-  message( STATUS "Azure pipeline build" )
-  set( lpipeline "pipeline" )
-else()
-  message( STATUS "Developer local build" )
-  set( lpipeline "local" )
-endif()
-
-if(${GIT_BRANCH} STREQUAL "main" )
-  if( ${AZURE_PIPELINE} )
-    set( lverpatch "nightly" )
-  else()
-    set( lverpatch "main" )
-  endif()
-  set( lverrel "999" )
-  set( fverpatch ${lverpatch} )
-else()
-  string( FIND ${GIT_BRANCH} "release/" RLOC )
-  if( ${RLOC} EQUAL 0 )
-    message( STATUS "Configuring a Release build from '${GIT_BRANCH}'" )
-    string( SUBSTRING ${GIT_BRANCH} 11 100 RV ) # that's release slash 1.7.
-    string( FIND ${RV} "." DLOC )
-    if( NOT ( DLOC EQUAL -1 ) )
-      math( EXPR DLP1 "${DLOC} + 1" )
-      string( SUBSTRING ${RV} ${DLP1} 100 LRV ) # skip that first dots
-      set( lverrel ${LRV} )
-    else()
-      set( lverrel "99" )
-    endif()
-    set( lverpatch "stable-${lverrel}" )
-    set( fverpatch "${lverrel}" )
-  else()
-    set( lverpatch ${GIT_BRANCH} )
-    set( fverpatch ${lverpatch} )
-    set( lverrel "1000" )
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-set( SHORTC_FULL_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${fverpatch}.${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}" )
-set( SHORTC_MAJOR_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}" )
-set( SHORTC_SUB_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}" )
-set( SHORTC_RELEASE_VERSION "${lverpatch}" )
-set( SHORTC_RELEASE_NUMBER "${lverrel}" )
-set( SHORTC_BUILD_HASH "${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}" )
-set( SHORTC_BUILD_LOCATION "${lpipeline}" )
-
-string( TIMESTAMP SHORTC_BUILD_DATE "%Y-%m-%d" )
-string( TIMESTAMP SHORTC_BUILD_YEAR "%Y" )
-string( TIMESTAMP SHORTC_BUILD_TIME "%H:%M:%S" )
-
-message( STATUS "Using SHORTC_VERSION=${SHORTC_FULL_VERSION}" )
-
-message( STATUS "Configuring ${SHORTCBLD}/geninclude/version.cpp" )
-configure_file( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version.cpp.in
-  ${SHORTCBLD}/geninclude/version.cpp )
-file(WRITE ${SHORTCBLD}/geninclude/githash.txt ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH})
diff --git a/libs/sst/sst-plugininfra b/libs/sst/sst-plugininfra
index 4ef3837a..e27aca5f 160000
--- a/libs/sst/sst-plugininfra
+++ b/libs/sst/sst-plugininfra
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4ef3837a8dd6e3f2d077b2c278f25e2f4d5f0079
+Subproject commit e27aca5f1c3f45b12807e174d6544b224623ccaa
diff --git a/src-ui/app/editor-impl/SCXTEditorMenus.cpp b/src-ui/app/editor-impl/SCXTEditorMenus.cpp
index e8dafc5f..a08b4b88 100644
--- a/src-ui/app/editor-impl/SCXTEditorMenus.cpp
+++ b/src-ui/app/editor-impl/SCXTEditorMenus.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "infrastructure/user_defaults.h"
+#include "sst/plugininfra/version_information.h"
 #include "sst/jucegui/component-adapters/ComponentTags.h"
 #include "sst/clap_juce_shim/menu_helper.h"
 
@@ -45,8 +46,6 @@
 #include "app/other-screens/AboutScreen.h"
 #include "app/shared/MenuValueTypein.h"
 
-#include <version.h>
-
 namespace scxt::ui::app
 {
 namespace cmsg = scxt::messaging::client;
@@ -75,7 +74,8 @@ void SCXTEditor::showMainMenu()
     m.addSubMenu("UI Behavior", skin);
 
     m.addSeparator();
-    m.addItem(juce::String("Copy ") + scxt::build::FullVersionStr,
+    m.addItem(juce::String("Copy ") +
+                  sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::project_version_and_hash,
               [w = juce::Component::SafePointer(this)] {
                   if (w)
                       w->aboutScreen->copyInfo();
diff --git a/src-ui/app/other-screens/AboutScreen.cpp b/src-ui/app/other-screens/AboutScreen.cpp
index ffd052a0..f0ec53d6 100644
--- a/src-ui/app/other-screens/AboutScreen.cpp
+++ b/src-ui/app/other-screens/AboutScreen.cpp
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@
 
 #include "AboutScreen.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "sst/plugininfra/version_information.h"
 #include "sst/plugininfra/cpufeatures.h"
 #include "app/SCXTEditor.h"
 #include "connectors/SCXTResources.h"
 
-#include <version.h>
-
 namespace scxt::ui::app::other_screens
 {
 struct AboutLink : juce::Component, HasEditor
@@ -88,7 +87,9 @@ AboutScreen::~AboutScreen() {}
 void AboutScreen::resetInfo()
 {
     info.clear();
-    std::string ver = scxt::build::FullVersionStr;
+    std::string ver = sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::git_implied_display_version;
+    ver += " / ";
+    ver += sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::project_version_and_hash;
     ver += " (JUCE " + std::to_string(JUCE_MAJOR_VERSION) + "." +
            std::to_string(JUCE_MINOR_VERSION) + "." + std::to_string(JUCE_BUILDNUMBER) + ")";
     info.push_back({"Version", ver, false});
@@ -103,8 +104,9 @@ void AboutScreen::resetInfo()
     platform += " on " + sst::plugininfra::cpufeatures::brand();
     info.push_back({"System", platform, false});
     info.push_back({"Build",
-                    std::string() + scxt::build::BuildDate + " " + scxt::build::BuildTime +
-                        " with " + scxt::build::BuildCompiler,
+                    std::string() + sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::build_date + " " +
+                        sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::build_time + " with " +
+                        sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::cmake_compiler,
                     false});
     info.push_back({"Env",
                     fmt::format("{} at {} Hz", editor->engineStatus.runningEnvironment,
diff --git a/src-ui/app/shared/HeaderRegion.h b/src-ui/app/shared/HeaderRegion.h
index 7321c98d..9092ac65 100644
--- a/src-ui/app/shared/HeaderRegion.h
+++ b/src-ui/app/shared/HeaderRegion.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 #include <sst/jucegui/components/VUMeter.h>
 #include <fmt/core.h>
 
-#include <version.h>
-
 #include "sst/jucegui/components/ToggleButtonRadioGroup.h"
 #include "sst/jucegui/data/Discrete.h"
 #include "app/HasEditor.h"
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f640a70..ca3f7ffd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
         sst-plugininfra
         sst-plugininfra::tinyxml
         sst-plugininfra::miniz
+        sst-plugininfra::version_information
         sst-voicemanager
 
         libgig libakai
diff --git a/src/engine/engine.cpp b/src/engine/engine.cpp
index a8f5d8be..4a9c9561 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "engine.h"
+
+#include "sst/plugininfra/version_information.h"
+
 #include "configuration.h"
 #include "messaging/audio/audio_serial.h"
 #include "part.h"
@@ -50,7 +53,6 @@
 #include "gig.h"
 #include "SF.h"
 
-#include <version.h>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <mutex>
 #include "messaging/client/client_serial.h"
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ namespace scxt::engine
 Engine::Engine()
 {
     SCLOG("Shortcircuit XT : Constructing Engine");
-    SCLOG("    Version   = " << scxt::build::FullVersionStr);
+    SCLOG("    Version   = " << sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::git_implied_display_version
+                             << " / "
+                             << sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::project_version_and_hash);
     SCLOG("    Stream V  = " << humanReadableVersion(scxt::currentStreamingVersion));
 
     memset(cpuAverages, 0, sizeof(cpuAverages));
@@ -121,7 +125,8 @@ Engine::Engine()
 
     messageController->start();
 
-    browserDb->writeDebugMessage(std::string("SCXT Startup ") + build::FullVersionStr);
+    browserDb->writeDebugMessage(std::string("SCXT Startup ") +
+                                 sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::project_version_and_hash);
 
     // This forces metadata init of the mod matrix
     modulation::ModulationCurves::initializeCurves();
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 724110d6..5d54d2c5 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>
 
+#include "sst/plugininfra/version_information.h"
+
 #if MAC || LINUX
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -70,11 +72,11 @@ void postToLog(const std::string &s)
 {
     // TODO this sucks also
     auto q = s;
-    auto sp = q.find(SCXT_ROOT_BUILD_DIR);
+    auto sp = q.find(sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::cmake_source_dir);
 
     if (sp == 0)
     {
-        q = q.substr(sp + strlen(SCXT_ROOT_BUILD_DIR) + 1);
+        q = q.substr(sp + strlen(sst::plugininfra::VersionInformation::cmake_source_dir) + 1);
     }
     std::cout << q << std::flush;
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> g(logMutex);