diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 03ea066fec..598a9bf1bf 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -443,19 +443,8 @@ task generateWebapp(type: NpmTask) {
   args = ['run', 'prod']
 }
 
-task versionTxt()  {
-  dependsOn generateWebapp
-  doLast {
-    new File(projectDir.getAbsolutePath() + "/src/main/resources", "version.json").text = """{
-  "buildTime": "${new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ").format(new Date())}",
-  "version": "$version"
-}
-"""
-  }
-}
-
 task finalizeWebapp(type: Copy) {
-  dependsOn versionTxt
+  dependsOn generateWebapp
   // Because of: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/26304
   // we need to copy some things around.
   from 'webapp/wiremock/dist/browser'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/tomakehurst/wiremock/admin/tasks/VersionTask.java b/src/main/java/com/github/tomakehurst/wiremock/admin/tasks/VersionTask.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ed50e597c2..0000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/tomakehurst/wiremock/admin/tasks/VersionTask.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2023 Thomas Akehurst
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.admin.tasks;
-
-import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.ResponseDefinitionBuilder.responseDefinition;
-import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
-
-import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.admin.AdminTask;
-import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.admin.model.VersionResult;
-import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.Json;
-import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.url.PathParams;
-import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.Admin;
-import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.ResponseDefinition;
-import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.ServeEvent;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-
-public class VersionTask implements AdminTask {
-
-  private static VersionResult versionResult;
-
-  static {
-    try {
-      InputStream inputStream = VersionTask.class.getResourceAsStream("/version.json");
-      String json = readFromInputStream(inputStream);
-      versionResult = Json.read(json, VersionResult.class);
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      versionResult = new VersionResult("unknown", "unknown");
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ResponseDefinition execute(Admin admin, ServeEvent serveEvent, PathParams pathParams) {
-
-    return responseDefinition()
-        .withStatus(HTTP_OK)
-        .withStatusMessage("Wiremock is ok")
-        .withBody(Json.write(versionResult))
-        .withHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
-        .build();
-  }
-
-  private static String readFromInputStream(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
-    StringBuilder resultStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-    try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream))) {
-      String line;
-      while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
-        resultStringBuilder.append(line).append("\n");
-      }
-    }
-    return resultStringBuilder.toString();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.html b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.html
index cd6f983093..20dabce5b9 100644
--- a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.html
+++ b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.html
@@ -113,15 +113,10 @@
           Shutdown
         </button>
         <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
-        <h6 class="dropdown-header" [ngbTooltip]="versionTooltipContent">{{ version }}</h6>
+        <h6 class="dropdown-header">{{ version }}</h6>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
 </nav>
 <wm-message></wm-message>
 <router-outlet></router-outlet>
-<ng-template #versionTooltipContent>
-  <pre class="text-wrap mb-0">
-  {{ versionTooltip }}
-  </pre>
-</ng-template>
diff --git a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.ts b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.ts
index 4039e81664..f692c558e5 100644
--- a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.ts
+++ b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/components/home/home.component.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   currentRecordingStatus?: RecordingStatus;
   version?: string;
-  versionTooltip?: string;
 
   RecordingStatus = RecordingStatus;
 
@@ -83,10 +82,6 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.wiremockService.getVersion().subscribe({
       next: version => {
         this.version = `Version: ${version.version}`;
-        this.versionTooltip = `WireMock: ${version.version.substring(
-          0,
-          version.version.lastIndexOf(".")
-        )}\nBuildTime: ${version.buildTime}`;
       },
     });
   }
diff --git a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/model/wiremock/version.ts b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/model/wiremock/version.ts
index 68cf71f099..23ce1cb85f 100644
--- a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/model/wiremock/version.ts
+++ b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/model/wiremock/version.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export class Version {
   version!: string;
-  buildTime!: string;
 }
diff --git a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/services/wiremock.service.ts b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/services/wiremock.service.ts
index e5468e9a9e..b10e739984 100644
--- a/webapp/wiremock/src/app/services/wiremock.service.ts
+++ b/webapp/wiremock/src/app/services/wiremock.service.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,19 @@ export class WiremockService {
   }
 
   getVersion(): Observable<Version> {
-    return this.defaultPipe(this.http.get<Version>(WiremockService.getUrl("version")));
+    return this.defaultPipe(
+      this.http
+        .get(WiremockService.getUrl("version"), {
+          responseType: "text",
+        })
+        .pipe(
+          map(v => {
+            const version = new Version();
+            version.version = v;
+            return version;
+          })
+        )
+    );
   }
 
   shutdown(): Observable<ResponseDefinition> {
@@ -213,7 +225,7 @@ export class WiremockService {
             if (error.error instanceof ErrorEvent) {
               console.error("An error occurred:", error.error.message);
             } else {
-              console.error("An error occurred:", error);
+              console.error("An error occurred:", JSON.stringify(error));
             }
           }
           console.log(`Attempt ${count}: retrying in ${count * delay}ms`);