diff --git a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
index 12533d29809cf..dd4cf9d595323 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
@@ -2353,7 +2353,6 @@ impl Step for HashSign {
         cmd.arg(today.trim());
         cmd.arg(addr);
         cmd.arg(&builder.config.channel);
-        cmd.arg(&builder.version);
         cmd.env("BUILD_MANIFEST_LEGACY", "1");
 
         builder.create_dir(&distdir(builder));
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/run.rs b/src/bootstrap/run.rs
index d8169549c07ba..7c64e5a0aadc8 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/run.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/run.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ impl Step for BuildManifest {
         cmd.arg(today.trim());
         cmd.arg(addr);
         cmd.arg(&builder.config.channel);
-        cmd.arg(&builder.version);
 
         builder.create_dir(&distdir(builder));
         builder.run(&mut cmd);
diff --git a/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs b/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs
index 1515f46e03ac2..cb04900c737e0 100644
--- a/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ fn main() {
     let date = args.next().unwrap();
     let s3_address = args.next().unwrap();
     let channel = args.next().unwrap();
-    let rustc_version = args.next().unwrap();
 
     // Do not ask for a passphrase while manually testing
     let mut passphrase = String::new();
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     Builder {
-        versions: Versions::new(&channel, &rustc_version, &input).unwrap(),
+        versions: Versions::new(&channel, &input).unwrap(),
 
         input,
         output,
diff --git a/src/tools/build-manifest/src/versions.rs b/src/tools/build-manifest/src/versions.rs
index c2bce0f1cf39c..79f2ef8dfc450 100644
--- a/src/tools/build-manifest/src/versions.rs
+++ b/src/tools/build-manifest/src/versions.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use tar::Archive;
 
 const DEFAULT_TARGET: &str = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu";
+const RUSTC_VERSION: &str = include_str!("../../../version");
 
 #[derive(Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
 pub(crate) enum PkgType {
@@ -87,19 +88,13 @@ pub(crate) struct VersionInfo {
 
 pub(crate) struct Versions {
     channel: String,
-    rustc_version: String,
     dist_path: PathBuf,
     versions: HashMap<PkgType, VersionInfo>,
 }
 
 impl Versions {
-    pub(crate) fn new(channel: &str, rustc_version: &str, dist_path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            channel: channel.into(),
-            rustc_version: rustc_version.into(),
-            dist_path: dist_path.into(),
-            versions: HashMap::new(),
-        })
+    pub(crate) fn new(channel: &str, dist_path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        Ok(Self { channel: channel.into(), dist_path: dist_path.into(), versions: HashMap::new() })
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn channel(&self) -> &str {
@@ -177,10 +172,10 @@ impl Versions {
     ) -> Result<String, Error> {
         let component_name = package.tarball_component_name();
         let version = match self.channel.as_str() {
-            "stable" => self.rustc_version.clone(),
+            "stable" => RUSTC_VERSION.into(),
             "beta" => "beta".into(),
             "nightly" => "nightly".into(),
-            _ => format!("{}-dev", self.rustc_version),
+            _ => format!("{}-dev", RUSTC_VERSION),
         };
 
         if package.target_independent() {
@@ -191,6 +186,6 @@ impl Versions {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn rustc_version(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.rustc_version
+        RUSTC_VERSION
     }
 }