diff --git a/src/openrct2-ui/windows/About.cpp b/src/openrct2-ui/windows/About.cpp
index ef4ff8cbe6..e03aab27f8 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-ui/windows/About.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2-ui/windows/About.cpp
@@ -199,12 +199,10 @@ namespace OpenRCT2::Ui::Windows
             ScreenCoordsXY logoCoords = windowPos
                 + ScreenCoordsXY(widgets[WIDX_OPENRCT2_LOGO].left, widgets[WIDX_OPENRCT2_LOGO].top);
             GfxDrawSprite(dpi, ImageId(SPR_G2_LOGO), logoCoords);
-            // Version info
-            utf8 buffer[256];
-            utf8* ch = buffer;
-            OpenRCT2WriteFullVersionInfo(ch, sizeof(buffer) - (ch - buffer));
+
+            u8string versionInfo = gVersionInfoFull;
             auto ft = Formatter();
-            ft.Add<const char*>(buffer);
+            ft.Add<const char*>(versionInfo.c_str());
 
             auto const& versionPlaceholder = widgets[WIDX_VERSION];
             auto versionPlaceHolderWidth = versionPlaceholder.right - versionPlaceholder.left;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/Context.cpp b/src/openrct2/Context.cpp
index d19f79c02c..eac8d2b346 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/Context.cpp
@@ -1566,11 +1566,6 @@ bool ContextLoadParkFromStream(void* stream)
     return GetContext()->LoadParkFromStream(static_cast<IStream*>(stream), "");
 }
 
-void OpenRCT2WriteFullVersionInfo(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize)
-{
-    String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, gVersionInfoFull);
-}
-
 void OpenRCT2Finish()
 {
     GetContext()->Finish();
diff --git a/src/openrct2/OpenRCT2.h b/src/openrct2/OpenRCT2.h
index 9d72ea7e78..1f8729f611 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/OpenRCT2.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/OpenRCT2.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ extern uint8_t gScreenFlags;
 extern uint32_t gScreenAge;
 extern PromptMode gSavePromptMode;
 
-void OpenRCT2WriteFullVersionInfo(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize);
 void OpenRCT2Finish();
 
 int32_t CommandLineRun(const char** argv, int32_t argc);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/command_line/RootCommands.cpp b/src/openrct2/command_line/RootCommands.cpp
index 0092f76002..2fe5c348e0 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/command_line/RootCommands.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/command_line/RootCommands.cpp
@@ -447,9 +447,8 @@ static void PrintAbout()
 
 static void PrintVersion()
 {
-    char buffer[256];
-    OpenRCT2WriteFullVersionInfo(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-    Console::WriteLine(buffer);
+    u8string versionInfo = gVersionInfoFull;
+    Console::WriteLine(versionInfo.c_str());
     Console::WriteFormat("%s (%s)", OPENRCT2_PLATFORM, OPENRCT2_ARCHITECTURE);
     Console::WriteLine();
     Console::WriteFormat("Network version: %s", NetworkGetVersion().c_str());
@@ -481,9 +480,8 @@ static void PrintLaunchInformation()
     struct tm* tmInfo;
 
     // Print name and version information
-    OpenRCT2WriteFullVersionInfo(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-    Console::WriteFormat("%s", buffer);
-    Console::WriteLine();
+    u8string versionInfo = gVersionInfoFull;
+    Console::WriteLine(versionInfo.c_str());
     Console::WriteFormat("%s (%s)", OPENRCT2_PLATFORM, OPENRCT2_ARCHITECTURE);
     Console::WriteLine();
     Console::WriteLine();