diff --git a/opt/cygfuse/Makefile b/opt/cygfuse/Makefile
index 55e3f849..ddbf7e88 100644
--- a/opt/cygfuse/Makefile
+++ b/opt/cygfuse/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version = $(shell cat version)
+Version = $(shell sed -n '/^VERSION=/s/VERSION=\(.*\)/\1/p' fuse.cygport)
 #Debug = -g
 
 cygfuse-$(Version).dll libfuse-$(Version).dll.a fuse.pc: cygfuse.cpp fuse.pc.in
diff --git a/opt/cygfuse/fuse.cygport b/opt/cygfuse/fuse.cygport
index 8b31aeeb..09cb20e2 100644
--- a/opt/cygfuse/fuse.cygport
+++ b/opt/cygfuse/fuse.cygport
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 NAME="fuse"
-VERSION="$(cat version)"
+VERSION=2.8
 RELEASE=1
 CATEGORY="Utils"
 SUMMARY="WinFsp-FUSE compatibility layer"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ src_install()
 
     cd ${B}/opt/cygfuse
     dobin cygfuse-${VERSION}.dll
-    dolib libfuse-${VERSION}.a
+    dolib libfuse-${VERSION}.dll.a
 
     insinto /usr/lib/pkgconfig
     doins fuse.pc
diff --git a/opt/cygfuse/version b/opt/cygfuse/version
deleted file mode 100644
index af65e024..00000000
--- a/opt/cygfuse/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2.8
\ No newline at end of file