diff --git a/daml-assistant/daml-sdk/BUILD.bazel b/daml-assistant/daml-sdk/BUILD.bazel
index 3e35f47f25b..161a88cdb80 100644
--- a/daml-assistant/daml-sdk/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/daml-assistant/daml-sdk/BUILD.bazel
@@ -43,6 +43,5 @@ da_scala_binary(
         ":sdk-lib",
         "//navigator/backend:backend-resources",
         "//navigator/backend:frontend-resources",
-        "//navigator/backend:version-resource",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/language-support/codegen-common/BUILD.bazel b/language-support/codegen-common/BUILD.bazel
index c392595f750..ed670d1013b 100644
--- a/language-support/codegen-common/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/language-support/codegen-common/BUILD.bazel
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ da_scala_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//daml-assistant/scala-daml-project-config",
+        "//libs-scala/build-info",
         "@maven//:ch_qos_logback_logback_classic",
         "@maven//:com_github_scopt_scopt_2_12",
         "@maven//:io_circe_circe_core_2_12",
diff --git a/language-support/codegen-common/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/daml/lf/codegen/conf/Conf.scala b/language-support/codegen-common/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/daml/lf/codegen/conf/Conf.scala
index d0cf8616406..eeb6938292c 100644
--- a/language-support/codegen-common/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/daml/lf/codegen/conf/Conf.scala
+++ b/language-support/codegen-common/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/daml/lf/codegen/conf/Conf.scala
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ package com.digitalasset.daml.lf.codegen.conf
 import java.nio.file.{Path, Paths}
 
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level
+import com.digitalasset.buildinfo.BuildInfo
 import scopt.{OptionParser, Read}
 
-import scala.io.Source
-import scala.util.Try
-
 /**
   *
   * @param darFiles The [[Set]] of DAML-LF [[Path]]s to convert into code. It MUST contain
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ object Conf {
     parser.parse(args, Conf(Map.empty, Paths.get(".")))
 
   def parser: OptionParser[Conf] = new scopt.OptionParser[Conf]("codegen") {
-    head("codegen", Version)
+    head("codegen", BuildInfo.Version)
     note("Code generator for the DAML ledger bindings.\n")
 
     arg[(Path, Option[String])]("<DAR-file[=package-prefix]>...")(
@@ -104,8 +102,4 @@ object Conf {
       }
     }
 
-  lazy val Version: String =
-    Try(Source.fromResource("MVN_VERSION").getLines.reduce((t, u) => t + u).trim)
-      .getOrElse("{component version not found on classpath}")
-
 }
diff --git a/language-support/java/codegen/BUILD.bazel b/language-support/java/codegen/BUILD.bazel
index 2102fdb19d8..e19baee655e 100644
--- a/language-support/java/codegen/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/language-support/java/codegen/BUILD.bazel
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ load("@os_info//:os_info.bzl", "is_windows")
 
 da_scala_binary(
     name = "codegen",
-    data = ["//:MVN_VERSION"],
     main_class = "com.digitalasset.daml.lf.codegen.StandaloneMain",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [":lib"],
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ da_scala_library(
     srcs = glob(["src/main/**/*.scala"]),
     resources = [
         "src/main/resources/logback.xml",
-        "//:MVN_VERSION",
     ],
     tags = ["maven_coordinates=com.daml.java:codegen-lib:__VERSION__"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
diff --git a/ledger/sandbox/BUILD.bazel b/ledger/sandbox/BUILD.bazel
index 78ea442a658..a75f6e6e489 100644
--- a/ledger/sandbox/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ledger/sandbox/BUILD.bazel
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ compile_deps = [
     "//ledger/participant-state",
     "//ledger/participant-state-index",
     "//ledger/participant-state/kvutils",
+    "//libs-scala/build-info",
     "//libs-scala/contextualized-logging",
     "//libs-scala/direct-execution-context",
     "//libs-scala/ports",
@@ -83,9 +84,7 @@ da_scala_library(
             # Do not include logback.xml into the library: let the user
             # of the sandbox-as-a-library decide how to log.
             exclude = ["src/main/resources/logback.xml"],
-        ) + [
-            "//:MVN_VERSION",
-        ],
+        ),
     tags = ["maven_coordinates=com.digitalasset.platform:sandbox:__VERSION__"],
     visibility = [
         "//visibility:public",
@@ -103,9 +102,7 @@ da_scala_library(
             # Do not include logback.xml into the library: let the user
             # of the sandbox-as-a-library decide how to log.
             exclude = ["src/main/resources/logback.xml"],
-        ) + [
-            "//:MVN_VERSION",
-        ],
+        ),
     tags = ["maven_coordinates=com.daml.ledger:ledger-api-server:__VERSION__"],
     visibility = [
         "//visibility:public",
@@ -197,8 +194,6 @@ alias(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
-#TODO: generate dynamic BuildInfo.scala
-
 da_scala_library(
     name = "sandbox-scala-tests-lib",
     srcs = glob(["src/test/lib/**/*.scala"]),
diff --git a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/apiserver/StandaloneApiServer.scala b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/apiserver/StandaloneApiServer.scala
index 5c65fafcdb1..a47afa4465b 100644
--- a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/apiserver/StandaloneApiServer.scala
+++ b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/apiserver/StandaloneApiServer.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry
 import com.daml.ledger.participant.state.v1.SeedService.Seeding
 import com.daml.ledger.participant.state.v1.{ParticipantId, ReadService, SeedService, WriteService}
 import com.digitalasset.api.util.TimeProvider
+import com.digitalasset.buildinfo.BuildInfo
 import com.digitalasset.daml.lf.engine.Engine
 import com.digitalasset.grpc.adapter.ExecutionSequencerFactory
 import com.digitalasset.ledger.api.auth.interceptor.AuthorizationInterceptor
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import com.digitalasset.ledger.api.health.HealthChecks
 import com.digitalasset.logging.{ContextualizedLogger, LoggingContext}
 import com.digitalasset.platform.apiserver.StandaloneApiServer._
 import com.digitalasset.platform.configuration.{
-  BuildInfo,
   CommandConfiguration,
   PartyConfiguration,
   SubmissionConfiguration
diff --git a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/SandboxServer.scala b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/SandboxServer.scala
index fd6837f3b8e..1d8e0d652d6 100644
--- a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/SandboxServer.scala
+++ b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/SandboxServer.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry
 import com.daml.ledger.participant.state.v1.{ParticipantId, SeedService}
 import com.daml.ledger.participant.state.{v1 => ParticipantState}
 import com.digitalasset.api.util.TimeProvider
+import com.digitalasset.buildinfo.BuildInfo
 import com.digitalasset.daml.lf.data.{ImmArray, Ref}
 import com.digitalasset.daml.lf.engine.Engine
 import com.digitalasset.dec.DirectExecutionContext
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import com.digitalasset.platform.apiserver.{
   LedgerApiServer,
   TimeServiceBackend
 }
-import com.digitalasset.platform.configuration.BuildInfo
 import com.digitalasset.platform.packages.InMemoryPackageStore
 import com.digitalasset.platform.sandbox.SandboxServer._
 import com.digitalasset.platform.sandbox.banner.Banner
diff --git a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/cli/Cli.scala b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/cli/Cli.scala
index caf9bfa398a..f7ee7c20166 100644
--- a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/cli/Cli.scala
+++ b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandbox/cli/Cli.scala
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import java.time.Duration
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level
 import com.auth0.jwt.algorithms.Algorithm
 import com.daml.ledger.participant.state.v1.SeedService.Seeding
+import com.digitalasset.buildinfo.BuildInfo
 import com.digitalasset.daml.lf.data.Ref
 import com.digitalasset.jwt.{ECDSAVerifier, HMAC256Verifier, JwksVerifier, RSA256Verifier}
 import com.digitalasset.ledger.api.auth.AuthServiceJWT
 import com.digitalasset.ledger.api.domain.LedgerId
 import com.digitalasset.ledger.api.tls.TlsConfiguration
 import com.digitalasset.platform.common.LedgerIdMode
-import com.digitalasset.platform.configuration.BuildInfo
 import com.digitalasset.platform.sandbox.config.SandboxConfig
 import com.digitalasset.platform.services.time.TimeProviderType
 import com.digitalasset.ports.Port
diff --git a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandboxnext/Runner.scala b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandboxnext/Runner.scala
index b83dafe666a..11f6367e2ad 100644
--- a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandboxnext/Runner.scala
+++ b/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/sandboxnext/Runner.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.daml.ledger.on.sql.SqlLedgerReaderWriter
 import com.daml.ledger.participant.state.kvutils.api.KeyValueParticipantState
 import com.daml.ledger.participant.state.v1
 import com.digitalasset.api.util.TimeProvider
+import com.digitalasset.buildinfo.BuildInfo
 import com.digitalasset.daml.lf.archive.DarReader
 import com.digitalasset.daml.lf.data.Ref
 import com.digitalasset.daml_lf_dev.DamlLf.Archive
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import com.digitalasset.platform.apiserver.{
   TimeServiceBackend
 }
 import com.digitalasset.platform.common.LedgerIdMode
-import com.digitalasset.platform.configuration.BuildInfo
 import com.digitalasset.platform.indexer.{
   IndexerConfig,
   IndexerStartupMode,
diff --git a/libs-scala/build-info/BUILD.bazel b/libs-scala/build-info/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..094aaaf4483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs-scala/build-info/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 The DAML Authors. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+load(
+    "//bazel_tools:scala.bzl",
+    "da_scala_library",
+)
+
+da_scala_library(
+    name = "build-info",
+    srcs = glob(["src/main/scala/**/*.scala"]),
+    resources = [
+        "//:mvn_version_file",
+    ],
+    tags = ["maven_coordinates=com.digitalasset:build-info:__VERSION__"],
+    visibility = [
+        "//:__subpackages__",
+    ],
+    deps = [],
+)
diff --git a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/configuration/BuildInfo.scala b/libs-scala/build-info/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/buildinfo/BuildInfo.scala
similarity index 63%
rename from ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/configuration/BuildInfo.scala
rename to libs-scala/build-info/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/buildinfo/BuildInfo.scala
index 4123e8fc028..bc1936a4c18 100644
--- a/ledger/sandbox/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/platform/configuration/BuildInfo.scala
+++ b/libs-scala/build-info/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/buildinfo/BuildInfo.scala
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2020 The DAML Authors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package com.digitalasset.platform.configuration
+package com.digitalasset.buildinfo
 
 import java.io.{BufferedReader, InputStreamReader}
 
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters.asScalaIteratorConverter
+
 object BuildInfo {
   val Version: String =
-    Option(this.getClass.getClassLoader.getResourceAsStream("MVN_VERSION")).fold {
+    Option(getClass.getClassLoader.getResourceAsStream("MVN_VERSION")).fold {
       "{component version not found on classpath}"
     } { is =>
       try {
         val reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is))
-        reader.lines().reduce("", (t: String, u: String) => t + u).trim
-
+        reader.lines.iterator.asScala.mkString.trim
       } finally {
         is.close()
       }
diff --git a/navigator/backend/BUILD.bazel b/navigator/backend/BUILD.bazel
index 60ff7581112..cbe43938521 100644
--- a/navigator/backend/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/navigator/backend/BUILD.bazel
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ java_import(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
-# Version file, as a top level resources.
-java_library(
-    name = "version-resource",
-    resources = [
-        "//:MVN_VERSION",
-    ],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
-
 # Static backend resources.
 java_library(
     name = "backend-resources",
@@ -73,6 +64,7 @@ da_scala_library(
         "//ledger/ledger-api-client",
         "//ledger/ledger-api-common",
         "//ledger/ledger-api-domain",
+        "//libs-scala/build-info",
         "//libs-scala/grpc-utils",
         "@maven//:com_chuusai_shapeless_2_12",
         "@maven//:com_github_pureconfig_pureconfig_2_12",
@@ -146,7 +138,6 @@ da_scala_binary(
         ":backend-resources",
         ":frontend-resources",
         ":navigator-library",
-        ":version-resource",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -168,13 +159,13 @@ da_scala_test_suite(
         ":navigator-library",
         ":navigator-tests-library",
         ":test-resources",
-        ":version-resource",
         "//daml-lf/data",
         "//daml-lf/interface",
         "//daml-lf/transaction",
         "//language-support/scala/bindings",
         "//ledger-service/lf-value-json",
         "//ledger/ledger-api-common",
+        "//libs-scala/build-info",
         "@maven//:com_typesafe_akka_akka_actor_2_12",
         "@maven//:com_typesafe_akka_akka_http_2_12",
         "@maven//:com_typesafe_akka_akka_http_core_2_12",
diff --git a/navigator/backend/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/navigator/NavigatorBackend.scala b/navigator/backend/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/navigator/NavigatorBackend.scala
index a19e3ce2cd0..bda4e46760e 100644
--- a/navigator/backend/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/navigator/NavigatorBackend.scala
+++ b/navigator/backend/src/main/scala/com/digitalasset/navigator/NavigatorBackend.scala
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ package com.digitalasset.navigator
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths}
 import java.util.UUID
 
-import scala.io.Source
-
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model.StatusCodes
 import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives._
 import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Route
+import com.digitalasset.buildinfo.BuildInfo
 
 object NavigatorBackend extends UIBackend {
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ object NavigatorBackend extends UIBackend {
   override def applicationInfo: ApplicationInfo = ApplicationInfo(
     id = s"Navigator-${UUID.randomUUID().toString}",
     name = "Navigator",
-    version = Source.fromResource("MVN_VERSION").mkString("").trim(),
+    version = BuildInfo.Version,
   )
   override def banner: Option[String] =
     Some(
diff --git a/release/artifacts.yaml b/release/artifacts.yaml
index bf79a2d7064..f03c2fae36f 100644
--- a/release/artifacts.yaml
+++ b/release/artifacts.yaml
@@ -221,4 +221,6 @@
   mavenUpload: false
 - target: //triggers/runner:trigger-runner-lib
   type: jar-scala
+- target: //libs-scala/build-info:build-info
+  type: jar-scala