diff --git a/crates/generate/src/render.rs b/crates/generate/src/render.rs
index 826d0919..e4aea008 100644
--- a/crates/generate/src/render.rs
+++ b/crates/generate/src/render.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const SMALL_STATE_THRESHOLD: usize = 64;
 pub const ABI_VERSION_MIN: usize = 14;
 pub const ABI_VERSION_MAX: usize = LANGUAGE_VERSION;
 const ABI_VERSION_WITH_RESERVED_WORDS: usize = 15;
-const BUILD_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[clippy::format_args]
 macro_rules! add {
@@ -324,10 +323,7 @@ impl Generator {
     }
 
     fn add_header(&mut self) {
-        add_line!(
-            self,
-            "/* Automatically @generated by tree-sitter v{BUILD_VERSION} */",
-        );
+        add_line!(self, "/* Automatically @generated by tree-sitter */",);
         add_line!(self, "");
     }