diff --git a/examples/list_formats.c b/examples/list_formats.c
index 6d462f07..348c81b0 100644
--- a/examples/list_formats.c
+++ b/examples/list_formats.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
+** Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
 **
 ** All rights reserved.
 **
@@ -41,17 +41,10 @@ int
 main (void)
 {	SF_FORMAT_INFO	info ;
 	SF_INFO 		sfinfo ;
-	char buffer [128] ;
 	int format, major_count, subtype_count, m, s ;
 
 	memset (&sfinfo, 0, sizeof (sfinfo)) ;
-	buffer [0] = 0 ;
-	sf_command (NULL, SFC_GET_LIB_VERSION, buffer, sizeof (buffer)) ;
-	if (strlen (buffer) < 1)
-	{	printf ("Line %d: could not retrieve lib version.\n", __LINE__) ;
-		exit (1) ;
-		} ;
-	printf ("Version : %s\n\n", buffer) ;
+	printf ("Version : %s\n\n", sf_version_string ()) ;
 
 	sf_command (NULL, SFC_GET_FORMAT_MAJOR_COUNT, &major_count, sizeof (int)) ;
 	sf_command (NULL, SFC_GET_FORMAT_SUBTYPE_COUNT, &subtype_count, sizeof (int)) ;
diff --git a/programs/sndfile-cmp.c b/programs/sndfile-cmp.c
index 121d25a6..9175ddf1 100644
--- a/programs/sndfile-cmp.c
+++ b/programs/sndfile-cmp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
 ** Copyright (C) 2008 Conrad Parker <conrad@metadecks.org>
 **
 ** All rights reserved.
@@ -124,21 +124,12 @@ out :
 	return retval ;
 } /* compare */
 
-static void
-print_version (void)
-{	char buffer [256] ;
-
-	sf_command (NULL, SFC_GET_LIB_VERSION, buffer, sizeof (buffer)) ;
-	printf ("\nVersion : %s\n\n", buffer) ;
-} /* print_version */
-
 static void
 usage_exit (void)
 {
-	print_version () ;
-
 	printf ("Usage : %s <filename> <filename>\n", progname) ;
 	printf ("	Compare the PCM data of two sound files.\n\n") ;
+	printf ("Using %s.\n\n", sf_version_string ()) ;
 	exit (0) ;
 } /* usage_exit */
 
diff --git a/programs/sndfile-info.c b/programs/sndfile-info.c
index 06982fd2..db5362e1 100644
--- a/programs/sndfile-info.c
+++ b/programs/sndfile-info.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
+** Copyright (C) 1999-2014 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
 **
 ** All rights reserved.
 **
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
-static void print_version (void) ;
 static void usage_exit (const char *progname) ;
 
 static void info_dump (const char *filename) ;
@@ -63,8 +62,6 @@ int
 main (int argc, char *argv [])
 {	int	k ;
 
-	print_version () ;
-
 	if (argc < 2 || strcmp (argv [1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp (argv [1], "-h") == 0)
 	{	usage_exit (program_name (argv [0])) ;
 		return 1 ;
@@ -117,15 +114,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv [])
 
 static double	data [BUFFER_LEN] ;
 
-static void
-print_version (void)
-{	char buffer [256] ;
-
-	sf_command (NULL, SFC_GET_LIB_VERSION, buffer, sizeof (buffer)) ;
-	printf ("\nVersion : %s\n\n", buffer) ;
-} /* print_version */
-
-
 static void
 usage_exit (const char *progname)
 {	printf ("Usage :\n  %s <file> ...\n", progname) ;
@@ -138,6 +126,8 @@ usage_exit (const char *progname)
 	printf ("    Prints out the channel map for the given file.\n\n") ;
 	printf ("  %s --cart <file>\n", progname) ;
 	printf ("    Prints out the cart chunk WAV info for the given file.\n\n") ;
+
+	printf ("Using %s.\n\n", sf_version_string ()) ;
 #if (defined (_WIN32) || defined (WIN32))
 		printf ("This is a Unix style command line application which\n"
 				"should be run in a MSDOS box or Command Shell window.\n\n") ;