diff --git a/base/ltmeta.dtx b/base/ltmeta.dtx
index daaa71626..b70c03cfd 100644
--- a/base/ltmeta.dtx
+++ b/base/ltmeta.dtx
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@
 %
 %
 %%% From File: ltmeta.dtx
-%
-%    \begin{macrocode}
-\def\ltmetaversion{v1.0b}
-\def\ltmetadate{2022/05/18}
-%    \end{macrocode}
 %<*driver>
+% \fi
+\ProvidesFile{ltmeta.dtx}
+             [2024/02/11 v1.0b LaTeX Kernel (Document Metadata)]
+% \iffalse
+%
 \documentclass{l3doc}
+\GetFileInfo{ltmeta.dtx}
 
 % Fixing footnotes in  functions and variables: this should be in l3doc!
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 %
 %
 % \title{The \texttt{ltmeta.dtx} code\thanks{This file has version
-%    \ltmetaversion\ dated \ltmetadate, \copyright\ \LaTeX\
+%    \fileversion\ dated \filedate, \copyright\ \LaTeX\
 %    Project.}}
 % \author{Frank Mittelbach}
 %