diff --git a/auto_cpufreq/core.py b/auto_cpufreq/core.py
index 58cedb7..89e77a4 100755
--- a/auto_cpufreq/core.py
+++ b/auto_cpufreq/core.py
@@ -136,26 +136,8 @@ except PermissionError:

 # display running version of auto-cpufreq
 def app_version():
-
-    print("auto-cpufreq version: ", end="")
-
-    # snap package
-    if os.getenv("PKG_MARKER") == "SNAP":
-        print(getoutput(r"echo \(Snap\) $SNAP_VERSION"))
-    # aur package
-    elif dist_name in ["arch", "manjaro", "garuda"]:
-        aur_pkg_check = call("pacman -Qs auto-cpufreq > /dev/null", shell=True)
-        if aur_pkg_check == 1:
-            print(get_formatted_version())
-        else:
-            print(getoutput("pacman -Qi auto-cpufreq | grep Version"))
-    else:
-        # source code (auto-cpufreq-installer)
-        try:
-            print(get_formatted_version())
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(repr(e))
-            pass
+   print("auto-cpufreq version: @version@")
+   print("Git commit: v@version@")

 def check_for_update():
     # returns True if a new release is available from the GitHub repo