diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index e7df3768..e76f2d51 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "foot-features.h"
 #include "macros.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 
 extern char **environ;
@@ -62,20 +61,6 @@ sendall(int sock, const void *_buf, size_t len)
     return len;
 }
 
-static const char *
-version_and_features(void)
-{
-    static char buf[256];
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
-             "version: %s %cpgo %cime %cgraphemes %cassertions",
-             FOOT_VERSION,
-             feature_pgo() ? '+' : '-',
-             feature_ime() ? '+' : '-',
-             feature_graphemes() ? '+' : '-',
-             feature_assertions() ? '+' : '-');
-    return buf;
-}
-
 static void
 print_usage(const char *prog_name)
 {
@@ -328,7 +313,7 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
             break;
 
         case 'v':
-            printf("footclient %s\n", version_and_features());
+            print_version_and_features("footclient ");
             ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
             goto err;
 
diff --git a/foot-features.c b/foot-features.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b5bf7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foot-features.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "foot-features.h"
+#include "version.h"
+
+const char version_and_features[] =
+    "version: " FOOT_VERSION
+
+#if defined(FOOT_PGO_ENABLED) && FOOT_PGO_ENABLED
+    " +pgo"
+#else
+    " -pgo"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(FOOT_IME_ENABLED) && FOOT_IME_ENABLED
+    " +ime"
+#else
+    " -ime"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING) && FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING
+    " +graphemes"
+#else
+    " -graphemes"
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(NDEBUG)
+    " +assertions"
+#else
+    " -assertions"
+#endif
+;
diff --git a/foot-features.h b/foot-features.h
index ad447767..49cc56ed 100644
--- a/foot-features.h
+++ b/foot-features.h
@@ -1,39 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
-static inline bool feature_assertions(void)
-{
-#if defined(NDEBUG)
-    return false;
-#else
-    return true;
-#endif
-}
+extern const char version_and_features[];
 
-static inline bool feature_ime(void)
+static inline void
+print_version_and_features(const char *prefix)
 {
-#if defined(FOOT_IME_ENABLED) && FOOT_IME_ENABLED
-    return true;
-#else
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline bool feature_pgo(void)
-{
-#if defined(FOOT_PGO_ENABLED) && FOOT_PGO_ENABLED
-    return true;
-#else
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline bool feature_graphemes(void)
-{
-#if defined(FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING) && FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING
-    return true;
-#else
-    return false;
-#endif
+    fputs(prefix, stdout);
+    fputs(version_and_features, stdout);
+    fputc('\n', stdout);
 }
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 7e07038f..b9404503 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "shm.h"
 #include "terminal.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "xsnprintf.h"
 
@@ -46,20 +45,6 @@ fdm_sigint(struct fdm *fdm, int signo, void *data)
     return true;
 }
 
-static const char *
-version_and_features(void)
-{
-    static char buf[256];
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
-             "version: %s %cpgo %cime %cgraphemes %cassertions",
-             FOOT_VERSION,
-             feature_pgo() ? '+' : '-',
-             feature_ime() ? '+' : '-',
-             feature_graphemes() ? '+' : '-',
-             feature_assertions() ? '+' : '-');
-    return buf;
-}
-
 static void
 print_usage(const char *prog_name)
 {
@@ -377,7 +362,7 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
             break;
 
         case 'v':
-            printf("foot %s\n", version_and_features());
+            print_version_and_features("foot ");
             return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
         case 'h':
@@ -405,7 +390,7 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
         argv += optind;
     }
 
-    LOG_INFO("%s", version_and_features());
+    LOG_INFO("%s", version_and_features);
 
     {
         struct utsname name;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3d2ce91a..c8f23dfc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ executable(
   'commands.c', 'commands.h',
   'extract.c', 'extract.h',
   'fdm.c', 'fdm.h',
-  'foot-features.h',
+  'foot-features.c', 'foot-features.h',
   'ime.c', 'ime.h',
   'input.c', 'input.h',
   'key-binding.c', 'key-binding.h',
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ executable(
 executable(
   'footclient',
   'client.c', 'client-protocol.h',
-  'foot-features.h',
+  'foot-features.c', 'foot-features.h',
   'macros.h',
   'util.h',
   version,