diff --git a/bin/now-deploy.js b/bin/now-deploy.js
index bb7d337..6c52f8f 100755
--- a/bin/now-deploy.js
+++ b/bin/now-deploy.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const dotenv = require('dotenv')
 const copy = require('../lib/copy')
 const login = require('../lib/login')
 const cfg = require('../lib/cfg')
-const {version} = require('../pkg')
+const {version} = require('../lib/pkg')
 const Logger = require('../lib/build-logger')
 const Now = require('../lib')
 const toHumanPath = require('../lib/utils/to-human-path')
diff --git a/bin/now.js b/bin/now.js
index 50f1700..362e494 100755
--- a/bin/now.js
+++ b/bin/now.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const chalk = require('chalk')
 
 // Ours
 const {error} = require('../lib/error')
-const pkg = require('../pkg')
+const pkg = require('../lib/pkg')
 
 // Throw an error if node version is too low
 if (nodeVersion.major < 6) {
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 217793e..7a5d360 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ find lib/** -type f -exec node_modules/.bin/async-to-gen --out-file build/{} {}
 find bin/** -type f -exec node_modules/.bin/async-to-gen --out-file build/{} {} \;
 chmod +x build/bin/now.js
 cp lib/utils/billing/*.json build/lib/utils/billing/
-
-# extracts `name` and `version` from ./package.json
-# and ouputs it to build/pkg.json
-echo "{`grep -e '\"version\|name\"' ./package.json | sed -e 's/ //g' | tr -d '\n' | sed -e 's/.$//g'`}" > build/pkg.json
diff --git a/lib/login.js b/lib/login.js
index c7db381..3209022 100644
--- a/lib/login.js
+++ b/lib/login.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const readEmail = require('email-prompt')
 const ora = require('ora')
 
 // Ours
-const pkg = require('../pkg')
+const pkg = require('./pkg')
 const ua = require('./ua')
 const cfg = require('./cfg')
 
diff --git a/lib/pkg.js b/lib/pkg.js
index 73d6e7c..fce3a8a 100644
--- a/lib/pkg.js
+++ b/lib/pkg.js
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-module.exports = {
-  version: '4.5.6',
-  name: 'now'
+let pkg
+try {
+  pkg = require('../package.json')
+} catch (err) {
+  pkg = require('../../package.json')
 }
+
+module.exports = pkg
diff --git a/lib/ua.js b/lib/ua.js
index 66df019..82468e7 100644
--- a/lib/ua.js
+++ b/lib/ua.js
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 const os = require('os')
 
 // Ours
-const {version} = require('../pkg')
+const {version} = require('./pkg')
 
 module.exports = `now ${version} node-${process.version} ${os.platform()} (${os.arch()})`