diff --git a/src/refactor_nrepl/core.clj b/src/refactor_nrepl/core.clj
index 386b8666..6e41a00e 100644
--- a/src/refactor_nrepl/core.clj
+++ b/src/refactor_nrepl/core.clj
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
             [refactor-nrepl.s-expressions :as sexp])
   (:import [java.io File FileReader PushbackReader StringReader]))
 
+(defn version []
+  (let [v (-> (or (io/resource "refactor-nrepl/refactor-nrepl/project.clj")
+                  "project.clj")
+              slurp
+              read-string
+              (nth 2))]
+    (assert (string? v)
+            (str "Something went wrong, version is not a string: "
+                 v))
+    v))
+
 (defn ns-from-string
   "Retrieve the symbol naming the ns from file-content."
   [file-content]
diff --git a/src/refactor_nrepl/middleware.clj b/src/refactor_nrepl/middleware.clj
index 8f3ef29a..e45e2d8b 100644
--- a/src/refactor_nrepl/middleware.clj
+++ b/src/refactor_nrepl/middleware.clj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             [refactor-nrepl.artifacts :refer
              [artifact-list artifact-versions hotload-dependency]]
             [refactor-nrepl.config :as config]
+            [refactor-nrepl.core :as core]
             [refactor-nrepl.extract-definition :refer [extract-definition]]
             [refactor-nrepl.find.find-locals :refer [find-used-locals]]
             [refactor-nrepl.find.find-symbol :refer [find-symbol]]
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
             [refactor-nrepl.ns.libspecs :refer [namespace-aliases]]
             [refactor-nrepl.ns.pprint :refer [pprint-ns]]
             [refactor-nrepl.ns.resolve-missing :refer [resolve-missing]]
-            [refactor-nrepl.plugin :as plugin]
             [refactor-nrepl.rename-file-or-dir :refer [rename-file-or-dir]]
             [refactor-nrepl.stubs-for-interface :refer [stubs-for-interface]]))
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
   (reply transport msg :used-locals (find-used-locals msg)))
 
 (defn- version-reply [{:keys [transport] :as msg}]
-  (reply transport msg :status :done :version (plugin/version)))
+  (reply transport msg :status :done :version (core/version)))
 
 (defn- warm-ast-cache-reply [{:keys [transport] :as msg}]
   (reply transport msg :status :done
diff --git a/src/refactor_nrepl/plugin.clj b/src/refactor_nrepl/plugin.clj
index be70e820..f4692761 100644
--- a/src/refactor_nrepl/plugin.clj
+++ b/src/refactor_nrepl/plugin.clj
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
 (ns refactor-nrepl.plugin
-  (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]
-            [leiningen.core.main :as lein]))
+  (:require
+   [refactor-nrepl.core :as core]
+   [leiningen.core.main :as lein]))
 
 (def ^:private external-dependencies
   ;; For whatever reason it didn't work to look for cider-nrepl here.
   {'org.clojure/clojure "1.7.0"})
 
-(defn version []
-  (let [v (-> (or (io/resource "refactor-nrepl/refactor-nrepl/project.clj")
-                  "project.clj")
-              slurp
-              read-string
-              (nth 2))]
-    (assert (string? v)
-            (str "Something went wrong, version is not a string: "
-                 v))
-    v))
-
 (defn- version-ok?
   [dependencies artifact version-string]
   (or (->> dependencies
@@ -38,7 +28,7 @@
     (-> project
         (update-in [:dependencies]
                    (fnil into [])
-                   [['refactor-nrepl (version)]])
+                   [['refactor-nrepl (core/version)]])
         (update-in [:repl-options :nrepl-middleware]
                    (fnil into [])
                    '[refactor-nrepl.middleware/wrap-refactor]))
diff --git a/test/refactor_nrepl/integration_tests.clj b/test/refactor_nrepl/integration_tests.clj
index 588d8890..3d798f61 100644
--- a/test/refactor_nrepl/integration_tests.clj
+++ b/test/refactor_nrepl/integration_tests.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             [clojure.tools.nrepl.server :as nrserver]
             [refactor-nrepl middleware
              [client :refer :all]
-             [plugin :as plugin]]
+             [core :as core]]
             [clojure.string :as str])
   (:import java.io.File
            org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils))
@@ -235,5 +235,5 @@
                                 :line 12 :column 6))))))
 
 (deftest test-version
-  (is (= (str (plugin/version))
+  (is (= (str (core/version))
          (version :transport (connect :port 7777)))))