diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bcd101e1e165acef8f3930eae0fc32df73191ba1..0c11924c4a41da17f5a198248937b666de2b4b84 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-project(konversation)
+# Release Service version, managed by release script
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MAJOR "20")
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MINOR "11")
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MICRO "70")
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_COMPACT_VERSION "${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MAJOR}${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MINOR}${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MICRO}")
+
+# Bump KONVERSATION_BASE_VERSION once new features are added
+set(KONVERSATION_BASE_VERSION "1.8")
+set(KONVERSATION_VERSION "${KONVERSATION_BASE_VERSION}.${RELEASE_SERVICE_COMPACT_VERSION}")
+
+project(konversation VERSION ${KONVERSATION_VERSION})
 
 set (QT_MIN_VERSION "5.12.0")
 set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.71.0")
@@ -13,6 +23,7 @@ include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
+include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Core Network Widgets)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 680053e26ece86d01e6b48304f1747ad44d3d703..94ffd2d3a0bb8dacca5a573ec4ab227af7e1534f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(konversation_SRCS
     EXPORT KONVERSATION
 )
 
+ecm_setup_version(${KONVERSATION_VERSION}
+    VARIABLE_PREFIX KONVI
+    VERSION_HEADER version.h
+)
+
 # Sets the icon on Windows and OSX
 file(GLOB ICONS_SRCS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/images/icons/*apps-konversation.png")
 ecm_add_app_icon(konversation_SRCS ICONS ${ICONS_SRCS})
diff --git a/src/commit.h b/src/commit.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 964bbd1b653cb5523e0667821e2ee0f3579507e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/commit.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-// This COMMIT number is added to version string to be used as "patch level"
-#ifndef COMMIT
-#define COMMIT 5115
-#endif
diff --git a/src/irc/inputfilter.cpp b/src/irc/inputfilter.cpp
index d1a3fc460889ad72892d909e21f56b17e0b86433..c87a8d6bfe5ebb8f16a848cce2d3eecc9eacbfb4 100644
--- a/src/irc/inputfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/irc/inputfilter.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "replycodes.h"
 #include "application.h"
 #include "version.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 #include "query.h"
 #include "channel.h"
 #include "statuspanel.h"
@@ -290,8 +289,8 @@ void InputFilter::parseClientCommand(const QString &prefix, const QString &comma
                     else
                     {
                         // Do not internationalize the below version string
-                        reply = QStringLiteral("Konversation %1 Build %2 Copyright 2002-2020 by the Konversation team")
-                            .arg(QStringLiteral(KONVI_VERSION), QString::number(COMMIT));
+                        reply = QStringLiteral("Konversation %1 Copyright 2002-2020 by the Konversation team")
+                            .arg(QStringLiteral(KONVI_VERSION_STRING));
                     }
 
                     if (!reply.isEmpty())
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 79631e398203f923a370973ebd42a6d77155f50c..d2559cedcecc1bdaeea13c9c16a74de5c8493dcf 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "application.h"
 #include "version.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 
 #include <QMutex>
 #include <QWaitCondition>
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@
 #include <Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator>
 #include <KDBusAddons/KDBusService>
 
-#define HACKSTR(x) #x
-#define STRHACK(x) HACKSTR(x)
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("konversation"),
         i18n("Konversation"),
-        QStringLiteral(KONVI_VERSION " #" STRHACK(COMMIT)),
+        QStringLiteral(KONVI_VERSION_STRING),
         i18n("A user-friendly IRC client"),
         KAboutLicense::GPL,
         i18n("Copyright 2002-%1 by the Konversation team", QStringLiteral("2020")),
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f09572d684504aaa83784a05d54f74109bdcef8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef KONVI_VERSION
-#define KONVI_VERSION "1.7-master"
-#endif