diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/StatusResource.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/StatusResource.java
index 2f79d3564d6..59c6da0f4b1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/StatusResource.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/StatusResource.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class StatusResource
   public Status doGet()
   {
     return new Status(
-        getVersion("/druid-server.version"),
+        Initialization.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion(),
         getVersion("/druid-api.version"),
         getExtensionVersions(),
         new Memory(Runtime.getRuntime())
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/druid-server.version b/server/src/main/resources/druid-server.version
deleted file mode 100644
index 58b62601e88..00000000000
--- a/server/src/main/resources/druid-server.version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version=${pom.version}
-groupId=${pom.groupId}
-artifactId=${pom.artifactId}