diff --git a/utoipa-swagger-ui/Cargo.toml b/utoipa-swagger-ui/Cargo.toml
index fb451c96..83a5f8ac 100644
--- a/utoipa-swagger-ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utoipa-swagger-ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ debug = []
 debug-embed = ["rust-embed/debug-embed"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rust-embed = { version = "8", features = ["interpolate-folder-path"] }
+rust-embed = { version = "8" }
 mime_guess = { version = "2.0" }
 actix-web = { version = "4", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.3", features = ["json"], optional = true }
diff --git a/utoipa-swagger-ui/build.rs b/utoipa-swagger-ui/build.rs
index 49e3dcaa..eb65cd81 100644
--- a/utoipa-swagger-ui/build.rs
+++ b/utoipa-swagger-ui/build.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ const SWAGGER_UI_DIST_ZIP: &str = "swagger-ui-5.3.1";
 
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=res/{SWAGGER_UI_DIST_ZIP}.zip");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=UTOIPA_SWAGGER_UI_VERSION={SWAGGER_UI_DIST_ZIP}");
 
     let target_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=UTOIPA_SWAGGER_DIR={}", &target_dir);
 
     let swagger_ui_zip = File::open(
         ["res", &format!("{SWAGGER_UI_DIST_ZIP}.zip")]
@@ -29,6 +27,8 @@ fn main() {
     extract_within_path(&mut zip, [SWAGGER_UI_DIST_ZIP, "dist"], &target_dir).unwrap();
 
     replace_default_url_with_config(&target_dir);
+
+    write_embed_code(&target_dir, &SWAGGER_UI_DIST_ZIP);
 }
 
 fn extract_within_path<const N: usize>(
@@ -96,3 +96,17 @@ fn replace_default_url_with_config(target_dir: &str) {
 
     fs::write(&path, replaced_swagger_initializer.as_ref()).unwrap();
 }
+
+fn write_embed_code(target_dir: &str, swagger_version: &str) {
+    let contents = format!(
+        r#"
+// This file is auto-generated during compilation, do not modify
+#[derive(RustEmbed)]
+#[folder = "{}/{}/dist/"]
+struct SwaggerUiDist;
+"#,
+        target_dir, swagger_version
+    );
+    let path = [target_dir, "embed.rs"].iter().collect::<PathBuf>();
+    fs::write(&path, &contents).unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/lib.rs b/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/lib.rs
index 1ad06339..211cf01e 100644
--- a/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/lib.rs
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "actix-web", feature = "rocket", feature = "axum"))]
 use utoipa::openapi::OpenApi;
 
-#[derive(RustEmbed)]
-#[folder = "$UTOIPA_SWAGGER_DIR/$UTOIPA_SWAGGER_UI_VERSION/dist/"]
-struct SwaggerUiDist;
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/embed.rs"));
 
 /// Entry point for serving Swagger UI and api docs in application. It provides
 /// builder style chainable configuration methods for configuring api doc urls.