diff --git a/apid.go b/apid.go
index dbf0dee..ea4eb8d 100644
--- a/apid.go
+++ b/apid.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/30x/apid-core/version"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -58,12 +57,12 @@
 	pluginInitFuncs = append(pluginInitFuncs, plugin)
 }
 
-func InitializePlugins() {
+func InitializePlugins(versionNumber string) {
 	log := Log()
 	log.Debugf("Initializing %d plugins...", len(pluginInitFuncs))
 	pie := PluginsInitializedEvent{
 		Description: "plugins initialized",
-		ApidVersion: version.VERSION_NUMBER,
+		ApidVersion: versionNumber,
 	}
 	for _, pif := range pluginInitFuncs {
 		pluginData, err := pif(services)
diff --git a/events/events_test.go b/events/events_test.go
index 8c338b6..d0c9ce0 100644
--- a/events/events_test.go
+++ b/events/events_test.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
 		}
 		apid.Events().ListenFunc(apid.SystemEventsSelector, h)
 
-		apid.InitializePlugins()
+		apid.InitializePlugins("")
 	})
 
 	It("shutdown event should be emitted and listened successfully", func(done Done) {
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 		}
 
 
-		apid.InitializePlugins()
+		apid.InitializePlugins("")
 
 		apid.ShutdownPluginsAndWait()
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c129b0a..0000000
--- a/version/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-package version
-const (
-	VERSION_NUMBER = "0.0.23"
-)