diff --git a/core/src/Content.cpp b/core/src/Content.cpp
index a211c2eff5..d0f2e80a16 100644
--- a/core/src/Content.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Content.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 #include "HRI.h"
 #include "TextDecoder.h"
 #include "Utf.h"
-#include "Version.h"
 #include "ZXAlgorithms.h"
 
+#if !defined(ZXING_READERS) && !defined(ZXING_WRITERS)
+#include "Version.h"
+#endif
+
 #include <cctype>
 
 namespace ZXing {