diff --git a/docs/cli-arguments.md b/docs/cli-arguments.md
index 67190c66b5..0b812011b7 100644
--- a/docs/cli-arguments.md
+++ b/docs/cli-arguments.md
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Flags:
       --total-shards int                           The total number of shards. Sharding is disabled when total shards is set to 1. (default 1)
       --use-apiserver-cache                        Sets resourceVersion=0 for ListWatch requests, using cached resources from the apiserver instead of an etcd quorum read.
   -v, --v Level                                    number for the log level verbosity
-      --version                                    kube-state-metrics build version information
       --vmodule moduleSpec                         comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
 
 Use "kube-state-metrics [command] --help" for more information about a command.
diff --git a/pkg/options/options.go b/pkg/options/options.go
index bb26ef21ff..0f55785e96 100644
--- a/pkg/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/options/options.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	TelemetryPort            int             `yaml:"telemetry_port"`
 	TotalShards              int             `yaml:"total_shards"`
 	UseAPIServerCache        bool            `yaml:"use_api_server_cache"`
-	Version                  bool            `yaml:"version"`
 
 	Config string
 
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ func (o *Options) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	o.cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.EnableGZIPEncoding, "enable-gzip-encoding", false, "Gzip responses when requested by clients via 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' header.")
 	o.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&o.Help, "help", "h", false, "Print Help text")
 	o.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&o.UseAPIServerCache, "use-apiserver-cache", "", false, "Sets resourceVersion=0 for ListWatch requests, using cached resources from the apiserver instead of an etcd quorum read.")
-	o.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&o.Version, "version", "", false, "kube-state-metrics build version information")
 	o.cmd.Flags().Int32Var(&o.Shard, "shard", int32(0), "The instances shard nominal (zero indexed) within the total number of shards. (default 0)")
 	o.cmd.Flags().IntVar(&o.Port, "port", 8080, `Port to expose metrics on.`)
 	o.cmd.Flags().IntVar(&o.TelemetryPort, "telemetry-port", 8081, `Port to expose kube-state-metrics self metrics on.`)
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b6c42b07c3..0000000000
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-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 version
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
-)
-
-var (
-	// Release returns the release version
-	Release = "UNKNOWN"
-	// Commit returns the short sha from git
-	Commit = "UNKNOWN"
-	// BuildDate is the build date
-	BuildDate = ""
-)
-
-// Version is the current version of kube-state-metrics.
-// Update this whenever making a new release.
-// The version is of the format Major.Minor.Patch
-//
-// Increment major number for new feature additions and behavioral changes.
-// Increment minor number for bug fixes and performance enhancements.
-// Increment patch number for critical fixes to existing releases.
-type Version struct {
-	GitCommit string
-	BuildDate string
-	Release   string
-	GoVersion string
-	Compiler  string
-	Platform  string
-}
-
-func (v Version) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s (%s/%s) kube-state-metrics/%s",
-		filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), v.Release,
-		runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, v.GitCommit)
-}
-
-// GetVersion returns the kube-state-metrics version.
-func GetVersion() Version {
-	return Version{
-		GitCommit: Commit,
-		BuildDate: BuildDate,
-		Release:   Release,
-		GoVersion: runtime.Version(),
-		Compiler:  runtime.Compiler,
-		Platform:  fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH),
-	}
-}