diff --git a/aegisub/build/svn-revision-base.h b/aegisub/build/svn-revision-base.h
index 7f48ec196..0c80d02e1 100644
--- a/aegisub/build/svn-revision-base.h
+++ b/aegisub/build/svn-revision-base.h
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 #define BUILD_SVN_REVISION $WCREV$
 #define BUILD_SVN_DATE "$WCDATE$"
-#define BUILD_SVN_LOCALMODS $WCMODS?true:false$
+#define BUILD_SVN_LOCALMODS $WCMODS?"M":""$
diff --git a/aegisub/src/ass_file.cpp b/aegisub/src/ass_file.cpp
index 973a64327..c01342992 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/ass_file.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/ass_file.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void AssFile::Load(const wxString &_filename,wxString charset,bool addToRecent)
 	}
 
 	// Add comments and set vars
-	AddComment(_T("Script generated by Aegisub ") + GetAegisubLongVersionString());
+	AddComment(wxString("Script generated by Aegisub ") + GetAegisubLongVersionString());
 	AddComment(_T("http://www.aegisub.org/"));
 	SetScriptInfo(_T("ScriptType"),_T("v4.00+"));
 
diff --git a/aegisub/src/dialog_about.cpp b/aegisub/src/dialog_about.cpp
index 7a3286af1..73f40afd6 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/dialog_about.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/dialog_about.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ AboutScreen::AboutScreen(wxWindow *parent)
 	aboutString += translatorCredit;
 	aboutString += _T("\n") + libString;
 	aboutString += _("\nSee the help file for full credits.\n");
-	aboutString += wxString::Format(_("Built by %s on %s."), GetAegisubBuildCredit().c_str(), GetAegisubBuildTime().c_str());
+	aboutString += wxString::Format(_("Built by %s on %s."), GetAegisubBuildCredit(), GetAegisubBuildTime());
 
 	// Replace copyright symbol
 	wxChar copySymbol = 0xA9;
diff --git a/aegisub/src/main.cpp b/aegisub/src/main.cpp
index a66033b4b..8450267d7 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/main.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/main.cpp
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int AegisubApp::OnRun() {
 			wxDateTime time = wxDateTime::Now();
 			wxString timeStr = _T("---") + time.FormatISODate() + _T(" ") + time.FormatISOTime() + _T("------------------");
 			file << std::endl << timeStr.mb_str(csConvLocal);
-			file << "\nVER - " << GetAegisubLongVersionString().mb_str(wxConvUTF8);
+			file << "\nVER - " << GetAegisubLongVersionString();
 			file << "\nEXC - Aegisub has crashed with unhandled exception \"" << error.mb_str(csConvLocal) <<"\".\n";
 			int formatLen = timeStr.Length();
 			char dashes[1024];
diff --git a/aegisub/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp b/aegisub/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp
index 49ef3f3d4..0f211dd13 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void TXTSubtitleFormat::WriteFile(wxString filename,wxString encoding) {	using n
 	bool strip_formatting = true;
 
 	TextFileWriter file(filename, encoding);
-	file.WriteLineToFile(_T("# Exported by Aegisub ") + GetAegisubShortVersionString());
+	file.WriteLineToFile(wxString("# Exported by Aegisub ") + GetAegisubShortVersionString());
 
 	// Write the file
 	for (list<AssEntry*>::iterator l = Line->begin(); l != Line->end(); ++l) {
diff --git a/aegisub/src/version.cpp b/aegisub/src/version.cpp
index f792e0d99..587fb02b9 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/version.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/version.cpp
@@ -36,193 +36,87 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#ifndef AGI_PRE
-#include <wx/datetime.h>
-#include <wx/string.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "version.h"
 
 #ifdef __WINDOWS__
 #include "../build/svn-revision.h"
+#endif
+
+#define STR_INT2(x) #x
+#define STR_INT(x) STR_INT2(x)
+
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+#define DEBUG_SUFFIX " [DEBUG VERSION]"
 #else
-
-#ifndef BUILD_SVN_REVISION
-
-/// DOCME
-#define BUILD_SVN_REVISION 0
+#define DEBUG_SUFFIX ""
 #endif
 
+#ifdef BUILD_CREDIT
+#define BUILD_CREDIT_SUFFIX ", " BUILD_CREDIT
+#else
+#define BUILD_CREDIT_SUFFIX ""
 #endif
 
+#ifndef BUILD_SVN_DATE
+#define BUILD_SVN_DATE __DATE__ " " __TIME__
+#endif
 
-/// DOCME
-#define _T_rec(X) _T(X)
-
-/// DOCME
-#define _T_stringize(X) _T(#X)
-
-/// DOCME
-#define _T_int(X) _T_stringize(X)
-
-
-/// DOCME
-#define BUILD_TIMESTAMP _T_rec(__DATE__) _T(" ") _T_rec(__TIME__)
+#ifndef BUILD_SVN_LOCALMODS
+#define BUILD_SVN_LOCALMODS ""
+#endif
 
 // Define FINAL_RELEASE to mark a build as a "final" version, ie. not pre-release version
 // In that case it won't include the SVN revision information
-
-
-/// DOCME
-struct VersionInfoStruct {
-
-	/// DOCME
-	const wxChar *VersionNumber;
-
-	/// DOCME
-	bool IsDebug;
-
-	/// DOCME
-	bool IsRelease;
-
-	/// DOCME
-	int SvnRev;
-
-	/// DOCME
-	const wxChar *BuildTime;
-
-	/// DOCME
-	const wxChar *BuildCredit;
-
-
-	/// DOCME
-	wxString LongVersionString;
-
-	/// DOCME
-	wxString ShortVersionString;
-
-
-	/// @brief // Generate the above data
-	///
-	VersionInfoStruct() {
-		wxString VersionStr;
-
-		SvnRev = BUILD_SVN_REVISION;
-
-#ifdef BUILD_SVN_DATE
-		BuildTime = _T_rec(BUILD_SVN_DATE);
-#else
-		BuildTime = BUILD_TIMESTAMP;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef BUILD_CREDIT
-		BuildCredit = _T(BUILD_CREDIT);
-#else
-		BuildCredit = _T("");
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-		IsDebug = true;
-#else
-		IsDebug = false;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef FINAL_RELEASE
-		IsRelease = true;
-		VersionNumber = _T("3.0.0");
+#define VERSION_NUMBER "3.0.0"
 #else
-		IsRelease = false;
-		VersionNumber = _T("r") _T_int(BUILD_SVN_REVISION)
-# ifdef BUILD_SVN_LOCALMODS
-			_T("M")
-# endif
-			;
+#define VERSION_NUMBER "r" STR_INT(BUILD_SVN_REVISION) BUILD_SVN_LOCALMODS
 #endif
 
-		if (IsRelease)
-		{
-			// Short is used in about box
-			ShortVersionString = wxString::Format(_T("%s (built from SVN revision %d)"), VersionNumber, SvnRev);
-			// Long is used in title bar
-			LongVersionString = VersionNumber;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			wxString buildcred;
+const char *GetAegisubLongVersionString() {
+#ifdef FINAL_RELEASE
+	return VERSION_NUMBER DEBUG_SUFFIX;
+#else
+	return VERSION_NUMBER " (development version" BUILD_CREDIT_SUFFIX ")" DEBUG_SUFFIX;
+#endif
+}
+
+const char *GetAegisubShortVersionString() {
+#ifdef FINAL_RELEASE
+	return VERSION_NUMBER " (built from SVN revision r" #BUILD_SVN_REVISION BUILD_SVN_LOCALMODS ")" DEBUG_SUFFIX;
+#else
+	return VERSION_NUMBER " (development version" BUILD_CREDIT_SUFFIX ")" DEBUG_SUFFIX;
+#endif
+}
+
+const char *GetAegisubBuildTime() {
+	return BUILD_SVN_DATE;
+}
+
+const char *GetAegisubBuildCredit() {
 #ifdef BUILD_CREDIT
-			buildcred += _T(", "); buildcred += BuildCredit;
+	return BUILD_CREDIT;
+#else
+	return "";
 #endif
-			ShortVersionString = wxString::Format(_T("%s (development version%s)"), VersionNumber, buildcred.c_str());
-			LongVersionString = ShortVersionString;
-		}
-
-		if (IsDebug)
-		{
-			ShortVersionString += _T(" [DEBUG VERSION]");
-			LongVersionString += _T(" [DEBUG VERSION]");
-		}
-	}
-};
-
-
-
-/// DOCME
-VersionInfoStruct versioninfo;
-
-
-
-/// @brief DOCME
-/// @return 
-///
-wxString GetAegisubLongVersionString() {
-	return versioninfo.LongVersionString;
 }
 
-
-/// @brief DOCME
-/// @return 
-///
-wxString GetAegisubShortVersionString() {
-	return versioninfo.ShortVersionString;
-}
-
-
-/// @brief DOCME
-/// @return 
-///
-wxString GetAegisubBuildTime() {
-	return versioninfo.BuildTime;
-}
-
-
-/// @brief DOCME
-/// @return 
-///
-wxString GetAegisubBuildCredit() {
-	return versioninfo.BuildCredit;
-}
-
-
-/// @brief DOCME
-/// @return 
-///
 bool GetIsOfficialRelease() {
-	return versioninfo.IsRelease;
+#ifdef FINAL_RELEASE
+	return true;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
 }
 
-
-/// @brief DOCME
-/// @return 
-///
-wxString GetVersionNumber() {
-	return versioninfo.VersionNumber;
+const char *GetVersionNumber() {
+	return VERSION_NUMBER;
 }
 
-
-/// @brief DOCME
-///
 int GetSVNRevision() {
-	return versioninfo.SvnRev;
+#ifdef BUILD_SVN_REVISION
+	return BUILD_SVN_REVISION;
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
 }
-
-
diff --git a/aegisub/src/version.h b/aegisub/src/version.h
index e331323de..9fc304b42 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/version.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/version.h
@@ -34,20 +34,17 @@
 /// @ingroup main
 ///
 
-class wxString;
-
-// Version string appended in title bar of main window (quick identification of all elements of a build)
-wxString GetAegisubLongVersionString();
-// Version string used in About box, looks nicer
-wxString GetAegisubShortVersionString();
-// Timestamp of build, only shown in About box
-wxString GetAegisubBuildTime();
-// Name of who built the binary
-wxString GetAegisubBuildCredit();
-// Is release?
+/// Version string appended in title bar of main window (quick identification of all elements of a build)
+const char *GetAegisubLongVersionString();
+/// Version string used in About box, looks nicer
+const char *GetAegisubShortVersionString();
+/// Timestamp of build, only shown in About box
+const char *GetAegisubBuildTime();
+/// Name of who built the binary
+const char *GetAegisubBuildCredit();
+/// Is release?
 bool GetIsOfficialRelease();
-// Version number
-wxString GetVersionNumber();
-// Get SVN revision
+/// Version number
+const char *GetVersionNumber();
+/// Get SVN revision
 int GetSVNRevision();
-