diff --git a/core/modules/new_widgets/version.js b/core/modules/new_widgets/version.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 1fb2326b4..000000000
--- a/core/modules/new_widgets/version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-/*\
-title: $:/core/modules/new_widgets/version.js
-type: application/javascript
-module-type: new_widget
-
-Version widget
-
-\*/
-(function(){
-
-/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
-/*global $tw: false */
-"use strict";
-
-var Widget = require("$:/core/modules/new_widgets/widget.js").widget;
-
-var VersionWidget = function(parseTreeNode,options) {
-	this.initialise(parseTreeNode,options);
-};
-
-/*
-Inherit from the base widget class
-*/
-VersionWidget.prototype = new Widget();
-
-/*
-Render this widget into the DOM
-*/
-VersionWidget.prototype.render = function(parent,nextSibling) {
-	this.parentDomNode = parent;
-	this.execute();
-	var textNode = this.document.createTextNode($tw.version);
-	parent.insertBefore(textNode,nextSibling);
-	this.domNodes.push(textNode);
-};
-
-/*
-Compute the internal state of the widget
-*/
-VersionWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
-};
-
-/*
-Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of its children needed re-rendering
-*/
-VersionWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
-	return false;
-};
-
-/*
-Remove any DOM nodes created by this widget
-*/
-VersionWidget.prototype.removeChildDomNodes = function() {
-	$tw.utils.each(this.domNodes,function(domNode) {
-		domNode.parentNode.removeChild(domNode);
-	});
-	this.domNodes = [];
-};
-
-exports.version = VersionWidget;
-
-})();
diff --git a/core/templates/version.tid b/core/templates/version.tid
index 1533b7af0..c3ef334cf 100644
--- a/core/templates/version.tid
+++ b/core/templates/version.tid
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 title: $:/core/templates/version
 
-<$version/>
\ No newline at end of file
+<<version>>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/ui/ToolsPanel.tid b/core/ui/ToolsPanel.tid
index 79584d084..e639cd997 100644
--- a/core/ui/ToolsPanel.tid
+++ b/core/ui/ToolsPanel.tid
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ Import: <$browse/>
 
 ---
 
-TiddlyWiki5 version <$version/>
+TiddlyWiki5 version <<version>>
diff --git a/core/wiki/ControlPanel.tid b/core/wiki/ControlPanel.tid
index 82971d359..36071162a 100644
--- a/core/wiki/ControlPanel.tid
+++ b/core/wiki/ControlPanel.tid
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ Edit [[DefaultTiddlers|$:/DefaultTiddlers]] to choose which tiddlers are display
 
 ''Additional information about this ~TiddlyWiki''
 
-*~TiddlyWiki5 version <$version/>
+*~TiddlyWiki5 version <<version>>
 *[[Wiki Info|$:/WikiInfo]]
 *[[Internal configuration information|$:/ConfigInfo]]
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/VersionWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/VersionWidget.tid
deleted file mode 100644
index 728d888fd..000000000
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/VersionWidget.tid
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-title: VersionWidget
-created: 201310241419
-creator: JeremyRuston
-modified: 201310300837
-modifier: JeremyRuston
-tags: widget
-
-! Introduction
-
-The version widget displays the current TiddlyWiki core version number.
-
-! Content and Attributes
-
-The content of the `<$version>` widget is ignored, and it doesn't take any attributes