diff --git a/lib/fox16/version.rb b/lib/fox16/version.rb
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0de618b15a4cd0587fc7830037f3f2ec1014664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fox16/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Fox
+  def Fox.fxrubyversion
+    "1.6.19"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/fox16/version.rb.erb b/lib/fox16/version.rb.erb
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--- a/lib/fox16/version.rb.erb
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-module Fox
-  #
-  # Returns the FXRuby version number as a string, e.g. "1.0.19".
-  #
-  def Fox.fxrubyversion
-    "@@FXRUBY_VERSION@@"
-  end
-end
-