diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 9a43e82d6f..73c786dc04 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
  * Libavcodec version macros.
  */
 
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
+
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 55
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR 31
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO  0
diff --git a/libavdevice/version.h b/libavdevice/version.h
index 9731606adc..487b4c0046 100644
--- a/libavdevice/version.h
+++ b/libavdevice/version.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * Libavdevice version macros
  */
 
-#include "libavutil/avutil.h"
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVDEVICE_VERSION_MAJOR 54
 #define LIBAVDEVICE_VERSION_MINOR  0
diff --git a/libavfilter/version.h b/libavfilter/version.h
index 9f00ffeaf5..f41114b86d 100644
--- a/libavfilter/version.h
+++ b/libavfilter/version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * Libavfilter version macros
  */
 
-#include "libavutil/avutil.h"
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR  4
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR  0
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 23a9d67a91..a170c06358 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * Libavformat version macros
  */
 
-#include "libavutil/avutil.h"
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR 55
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR 10
diff --git a/libavresample/version.h b/libavresample/version.h
index 3cc4441d86..fce5770c62 100644
--- a/libavresample/version.h
+++ b/libavresample/version.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
  * Libavresample version macros.
  */
 
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
+
 #define LIBAVRESAMPLE_VERSION_MAJOR  1
 #define LIBAVRESAMPLE_VERSION_MINOR  1
 #define LIBAVRESAMPLE_VERSION_MICRO  0
diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index 782284d046..928a0146a1 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -163,23 +163,6 @@
 
 #define AV_PRAGMA(s) _Pragma(#s)
 
-/**
- * @}
- */
-
-/**
- * @defgroup version_utils Library Version Macros
- *
- * Useful to check and match library version in order to maintain
- * backward compatibility.
- *
- * @{
- */
-
-#define AV_VERSION_INT(a, b, c) (a<<16 | b<<8 | c)
-#define AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c) a ##.## b ##.## c
-#define AV_VERSION(a, b, c) AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c)
-
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/libavutil/utils.c b/libavutil/utils.c
index 9b18c97908..2bb27de2b1 100644
--- a/libavutil/utils.c
+++ b/libavutil/utils.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "avutil.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 /**
  * @file
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 9e1f2d80ef..cf5cc2fb14 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -21,6 +21,23 @@
 
 #include "avutil.h"
 
+/**
+ * @defgroup version_utils Library Version Macros
+ *
+ * Useful to check and match library version in order to maintain
+ * backward compatibility.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#define AV_VERSION_INT(a, b, c) (a<<16 | b<<8 | c)
+#define AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c) a ##.## b ##.## c
+#define AV_VERSION(a, b, c) AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c)
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
 /**
  * @file
  * @ingroup lavu
diff --git a/libswscale/version.h b/libswscale/version.h
index 54836739c0..0f32c7ab03 100644
--- a/libswscale/version.h
+++ b/libswscale/version.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * swscale version macros
  */
 
-#include "libavutil/avutil.h"
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR 1