diff --git a/release/build.info b/release/build.info
deleted file mode 100644
index a62fe11..0000000
--- a/release/build.info
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-217
-
diff --git a/release/version.info b/release/version.info
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c387a9..0000000
--- a/release/version.info
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-2.4.7
-
diff --git a/src/cmock.h b/src/cmock.h
index f23b453..e96546d 100644
--- a/src/cmock.h
+++ b/src/cmock.h
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 
 #include "cmock_internals.h"
 
+#define CMOCK_VERSION_MAJOR    2
+#define CMOCK_VERSION_MINOR    5
+#define CMOCK_VERSION_BUILD    0
+#define CMOCK_VERSION          ((CMOCK_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) | (CMOCK_VERSION_MINOR << 8) | CMOCK_VERSION_BUILD)
+
 //should be big enough to index full range of CMOCK_MEM_MAX
 #ifndef CMOCK_MEM_INDEX_TYPE
 #define CMOCK_MEM_INDEX_TYPE  unsigned int