diff --git a/cmd/deployer/main.go b/cmd/deployer/main.go
index 582cd7eb..1cd8aa2b 100644
--- a/cmd/deployer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/deployer/main.go
@@ -20,11 +20,41 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/deployer/pkg/commands"
+	deployerversion "github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/deployer/pkg/version"
 )
 
+type versionOptions struct {
+	fullOutput bool
+	hashOnly   bool
+}
+
+func NewVersionCommand(commonOpts *commands.CommonOptions) *cobra.Command {
+	opts := versionOptions{}
+	version := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "version",
+		Short: "emit the version and exits succesfully",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if opts.hashOnly {
+				fmt.Printf("%s\n", deployerversion.GitCommit)
+			} else if opts.fullOutput {
+				fmt.Printf("%s-%s\n", deployerversion.GitVersion, deployerversion.GitCommit[:9])
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("%s\n", deployerversion.GitVersion)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+		Args: cobra.NoArgs,
+	}
+	version.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&opts.fullOutput, "full", false, "emit version and git hash.")
+	version.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&opts.hashOnly, "hash", false, "emit only the git hash.")
+	return version
+}
+
 func main() {
-	root := commands.NewRootCommand()
+	root := commands.NewRootCommand(NewVersionCommand)
 	if err := root.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/root.go b/pkg/commands/root.go
index 11394221..5a19179c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/root.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/root.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func NewRootCommand(extraCmds ...NewCommandFunc) *cobra.Command {
 		NewRemoveCommand(commonOpts),
 		NewSetupCommand(commonOpts),
 		NewDetectCommand(commonOpts),
-		NewVersionCommand(commonOpts),
 		NewImagesCommand(commonOpts),
 	)
 	for _, extraCmd := range extraCmds {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/version.go b/pkg/commands/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 53562034..00000000
--- a/pkg/commands/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- * Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
- */
-
-package commands
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	deployerversion "github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/deployer/pkg/version"
-)
-
-type versionOptions struct {
-	fullOutput bool
-	hashOnly   bool
-}
-
-func NewVersionCommand(commonOpts *CommonOptions) *cobra.Command {
-	opts := versionOptions{}
-	version := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "version",
-		Short: "emit the version and exits succesfully",
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if opts.hashOnly {
-				fmt.Printf("%s\n", deployerversion.GitCommit)
-			} else if opts.fullOutput {
-				fmt.Printf("%s-%s\n", deployerversion.GitVersion, deployerversion.GitCommit[:9])
-			} else {
-				fmt.Printf("%s\n", deployerversion.GitVersion)
-			}
-			return nil
-		},
-		Args: cobra.NoArgs,
-	}
-	version.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&opts.fullOutput, "full", false, "emit version and git hash.")
-	version.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&opts.hashOnly, "hash", false, "emit only the git hash.")
-	return version
-}