diff --git a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/commander.js b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/commander.js
index 59e8ab0948..90ef8f637b 100755
--- a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/commander.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/commander.js
@@ -20,9 +20,4 @@ program.Command.prototype.usageMinusWildcard = program.usageMinusWildcard = () =
   program.help();
 };
 
-// Force commander to display version information.
-program.Command.prototype.versionInformation = program.versionInformation = () => {
-  program.emit('version');
-};
-
 module.exports = program;
diff --git a/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js b/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js
index d2b292edb2..553e8738e2 100755
--- a/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/bin/strapi.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ process.argv = _.map(process.argv, arg => {
 program
   .command('version')
   .description('output your version of Strapi')
-  .action(program.versionInformation);
+  .action(() => { console.log(packageJSON.version); });
 
 
 // `$ strapi console`