diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 2ae974f71..8094f2ac7 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ Files:     include/osmocom/sgsn/a_reset.h
            src/gprs/sgsn_libgtp.c
            src/gprs/sgsn_main.c
            src/gprs/sgsn_vty.c
-           src/libcommon/bsc_version.c
            src/libcommon/common_vty.c
            src/libcommon/debug.c
            src/libcommon/gsm_data.c
diff --git a/src/libcommon/Makefile.am b/src/libcommon/Makefile.am
index 0b258c08a..737265baf 100644
--- a/src/libcommon/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libcommon/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ noinst_LIBRARIES = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 libcommon_a_SOURCES = \
-	bsc_version.c \
 	common_vty.c \
 	debug.c \
 	gsm_data.c \
diff --git a/src/libcommon/bsc_version.c b/src/libcommon/bsc_version.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f0369bffe..000000000
--- a/src/libcommon/bsc_version.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* Hold the copyright and version string */
-/* (C) 2010-2016 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
- * All Rights Reserved
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include "../../bscconfig.h"
-
-const char *openbsc_copyright =
-	"Copyright (C) 2008-2016 Harald Welte, Holger Freyther\r\n"
-	"Contributions by Daniel Willmann, Jan Lübbe, Stefan Schmidt\r\n"
-	"Dieter Spaar, Andreas Eversberg, Sylvain Munaut, Neels Hofmeyr\r\n\r\n"
-	"License AGPLv3+: GNU AGPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html>\r\n"
-	"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\r\n"
-	"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\r\n";
-
-