diff --git a/src/common/version.h b/src/common/version.h
index c475dc3a8..a40ee5b8b 100644
--- a/src/common/version.h
+++ b/src/common/version.h
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ namespace love
 	const int VERSION_MAJOR = 0;
 	const int VERSION_MINOR = 8;
 	const int VERSION_REV = 0;
-	const int VERSION = VERSION_MAJOR*100 + VERSION_MINOR*10 + VERSION_REV;
-	const int VERSION_COMPATIBILITY[] =  { VERSION, 072, 071, 070, 0 };
-	const char * VERSION_STR = "0.8.0";
+	const char * VERSION = "0.8.0";
+	const char * VERSION_COMPATIBILITY[] =  { VERSION };
 	const char * VERSION_CODENAME = "Rubber Piggy";
 
 } // love
diff --git a/src/love.cpp b/src/love.cpp
index f875b486b..dfbaa275b 100644
--- a/src/love.cpp
+++ b/src/love.cpp
@@ -92,12 +92,9 @@ extern "C" LOVE_EXPORT int luaopen_love(lua_State * L)
 	love::luax_insistglobal(L, "love");
 
 	// Set version information.
-	lua_pushinteger(L, love::VERSION);
+	lua_pushstring(L, love::VERSION);
 	lua_setfield(L, -2, "_version");
 
-	lua_pushstring(L, love::VERSION_STR);
-	lua_setfield(L, -2, "_version_string");
-
 	lua_pushstring(L, love::VERSION_CODENAME);
 	lua_setfield(L, -2, "_version_codename");
 
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ extern "C" LOVE_EXPORT int luaopen_love(lua_State * L)
 
 	for(int i = 0; love::VERSION_COMPATIBILITY[i] != 0; ++i)
 	{
-		lua_pushinteger(L, love::VERSION_COMPATIBILITY[i]);
+		lua_pushstring(L, love::VERSION_COMPATIBILITY[i]);
 		lua_rawseti(L, -2, i+1);
 	}
 
@@ -239,7 +236,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 
 	// Oh, you just want the version? Okay!
 	if(argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1],"--version") == 0) {
-		printf("LOVE %s (%s)\n", love::VERSION_STR, love::VERSION_CODENAME);
+		printf("LOVE %s (%s)\n", love::VERSION, love::VERSION_CODENAME);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/boot.lua b/src/scripts/boot.lua
index 725d9c9f9..b874a7539 100644
--- a/src/scripts/boot.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/boot.lua
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ function love.nogame()
 	end
 
 	function love.conf(t)
-		t.title = "L\195\150VE " .. love._version_string .. " (" .. love._version_codename .. ")"
+		t.title = "L\195\150VE " .. love._version .. " (" .. love._version_codename .. ")"
 		t.modules.audio = false
 		t.modules.sound = false
 		t.modules.physics = false
diff --git a/src/scripts/boot.lua.h b/src/scripts/boot.lua.h
index 64338e684..460dbfb00 100644
--- a/src/scripts/boot.lua.h
+++ b/src/scripts/boot.lua.h
@@ -1512,10 +1512,9 @@ const unsigned char boot_lua[] =
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