Index: meson/part/read_config/meson.build
===================================================================
--- meson/part/read_config/meson.build	(revision 77496465c8786f3a56518a8691172796a9aeab24)
+++ meson/part/read_config/meson.build	(revision 60684765e01daf93191238a3e6a67d0b9d076124)
@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@
 # Also read version information.
 _version_variables = [
-	'COPYRIGHT',
-	'NAME',
-	'PATCHLEVEL',
-	'SUBLEVEL',
-	'VERSION',
+	'HELENOS_COPYRIGHT',
+	'HELENOS_CODENAME',
+	'HELENOS_RELEASE',
 ]
 
@@ -112,10 +110,7 @@
 	_val = _line.split('=')[1].strip()
 
-	_realvarname = 'HELENOS_' + _varname
-	set_variable(_realvarname, _val)
+	set_variable(_varname, _val)
 	if debug_options
-		message([ _realvarname, get_variable(_realvarname) ])
+		message([ _varname, get_variable(_varname) ])
 	endif
 endforeach
-
-HELENOS_RELEASE = HELENOS_VERSION + '.' + HELENOS_PATCHLEVEL + '.' + HELENOS_SUBLEVEL