diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index af3dad0f93..2a26375550 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ import { TimeZoneRequest, TimeZoneResponse, timezone } from "./timezone";
 import axios, { AxiosInstance, AxiosRequestConfig } from "axios";
 
 import { HttpsAgent } from "agentkeepalive";
-import { version } from "./index";
 import { customAdapter } from "./adapter";
 
+// Cannot be `import` as it's not under TS root dir
+export const version = require("../package.json").version;
 export const defaultHttpsAgent = new HttpsAgent({ keepAlive: true });
 export const defaultTimeout = 10000;
 export const userAgent = `google-maps-services-node-${version}`;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a362a392ff..b3b0b0fed8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-// Cannot be `import` as it's not under TS root dir
-export const version = require("../package.json").version;
-
 export { DirectionsRequest, DirectionsResponse } from "./directions";
 export { DistanceMatrixRequest, DistanceMatrixResponse } from "./distance";
 export { ElevationRequest, ElevationResponse } from "./elevation";