diff --git a/cmd/portable.go b/cmd/portable.go
index bfc634c1..6e6a0dbb 100644
--- a/cmd/portable.go
+++ b/cmd/portable.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/dataprovider"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/service"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/sftpd"
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/vfs"
 )
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Please take a look at the usage below to customize the serving parameters`,
 )
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("+portable")
+	version.AddFeature("+portable")
 
 	portableCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&directoryToServe, "directory", "d", ".",
 		"Path to the directory to serve. This can be an absolute path or a path relative to the current directory")
diff --git a/cmd/portable_disabled.go b/cmd/portable_disabled.go
index c374cae3..516cd0d5 100644
--- a/cmd/portable_disabled.go
+++ b/cmd/portable_disabled.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 package cmd
 
-import "github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+import "github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("-portable")
+	version.AddFeature("-portable")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index f1007eae..7ed0efcc 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/config"
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	version := utils.GetAppVersion()
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("version", "v", false, "")
-	rootCmd.Version = version.GetVersionAsString()
+	rootCmd.Version = version.GetAsString()
 	rootCmd.SetVersionTemplate(`{{printf "SFTPGo "}}{{printf "%s" .Version}}
 `)
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 20148ca7..fce5b35d 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/sftpd"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	globalConf    globalConfig
-	defaultBanner = fmt.Sprintf("SFTPGo_%v", utils.GetAppVersion().Version)
+	defaultBanner = fmt.Sprintf("SFTPGo_%v", version.Get().Version)
 )
 
 type globalConfig struct {
diff --git a/dataprovider/bolt.go b/dataprovider/bolt.go
index 483be3ef..8742d1a4 100644
--- a/dataprovider/bolt.go
+++ b/dataprovider/bolt.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/vfs"
 )
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ type compatUserV2 struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("+bolt")
+	version.AddFeature("+bolt")
 }
 
 func initializeBoltProvider(basePath string) error {
diff --git a/dataprovider/bolt_disabled.go b/dataprovider/bolt_disabled.go
index a84260e2..69053794 100644
--- a/dataprovider/bolt_disabled.go
+++ b/dataprovider/bolt_disabled.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ package dataprovider
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("-bolt")
+	version.AddFeature("-bolt")
 }
 
 func initializeBoltProvider(basePath string) error {
diff --git a/dataprovider/mysql.go b/dataprovider/mysql.go
index 80f211ea..134804ab 100644
--- a/dataprovider/mysql.go
+++ b/dataprovider/mysql.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/vfs"
 )
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type MySQLProvider struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("+mysql")
+	version.AddFeature("+mysql")
 }
 
 func initializeMySQLProvider() error {
diff --git a/dataprovider/mysql_disabled.go b/dataprovider/mysql_disabled.go
index e004be9f..e122e7d9 100644
--- a/dataprovider/mysql_disabled.go
+++ b/dataprovider/mysql_disabled.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ package dataprovider
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("-mysql")
+	version.AddFeature("-mysql")
 }
 
 func initializeMySQLProvider() error {
diff --git a/dataprovider/pgsql.go b/dataprovider/pgsql.go
index d8c2ba29..49bc76d3 100644
--- a/dataprovider/pgsql.go
+++ b/dataprovider/pgsql.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/vfs"
 )
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type PGSQLProvider struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("+pgsql")
+	version.AddFeature("+pgsql")
 }
 
 func initializePGSQLProvider() error {
diff --git a/dataprovider/pgsql_disabled.go b/dataprovider/pgsql_disabled.go
index c9aeee32..983c548f 100644
--- a/dataprovider/pgsql_disabled.go
+++ b/dataprovider/pgsql_disabled.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ package dataprovider
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("-pgsql")
+	version.AddFeature("-pgsql")
 }
 
 func initializePGSQLProvider() error {
diff --git a/dataprovider/sqlite.go b/dataprovider/sqlite.go
index a8d721a0..bd961a00 100644
--- a/dataprovider/sqlite.go
+++ b/dataprovider/sqlite.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/vfs"
 )
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ type SQLiteProvider struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("+sqlite")
+	version.AddFeature("+sqlite")
 }
 
 func initializeSQLiteProvider(basePath string) error {
diff --git a/dataprovider/sqlite_disabled.go b/dataprovider/sqlite_disabled.go
index 430f2a72..636c70cc 100644
--- a/dataprovider/sqlite_disabled.go
+++ b/dataprovider/sqlite_disabled.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ package dataprovider
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("-sqlite")
+	version.AddFeature("-sqlite")
 }
 
 func initializeSQLiteProvider(basePath string) error {
diff --git a/docker/sftpgo/alpine/Dockerfile b/docker/sftpgo/alpine/Dockerfile
index 77a5cdd6..5236f022 100644
--- a/docker/sftpgo/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/sftpgo/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG TAG
 ARG FEATURES
 # Use --build-arg TAG=LATEST for latest tag. Use e.g. --build-arg TAG=0.9.6 for a specific tag/commit. Otherwise HEAD (master) is built.
 RUN git checkout $(if [ "${TAG}" = LATEST ]; then echo `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`; elif [ -n "${TAG}" ]; then echo "${TAG}"; else echo HEAD; fi)
-RUN go build -i $(if [ -n "${FEATURES}" ]; then echo "-tags ${FEATURES}"; fi) -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.commit=`git describe --always --dirty` -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.date=`date -u +%FT%TZ`" -o /go/bin/sftpgo
+RUN go build -i $(if [ -n "${FEATURES}" ]; then echo "-tags ${FEATURES}"; fi) -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.commit=`git describe --always --dirty` -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.date=`date -u +%FT%TZ`" -o /go/bin/sftpgo
 
 FROM alpine:latest
 
diff --git a/docker/sftpgo/debian/Dockerfile b/docker/sftpgo/debian/Dockerfile
index f602991e..1f3718c5 100644
--- a/docker/sftpgo/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/sftpgo/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG TAG
 ARG FEATURES
 # Use --build-arg TAG=LATEST for latest tag. Use e.g. --build-arg TAG=0.9.6 for a specific tag/commit. Otherwise HEAD (master) is built.
 RUN git checkout $(if [ "${TAG}" = LATEST ]; then echo `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`; elif [ -n "${TAG}" ]; then echo "${TAG}"; else echo HEAD; fi)
-RUN go build -i $(if [ -n "${FEATURES}" ]; then echo "-tags ${FEATURES}"; fi) -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.commit=`git describe --always --dirty` -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.date=`date -u +%FT%TZ`" -o sftpgo
+RUN go build -i $(if [ -n "${FEATURES}" ]; then echo "-tags ${FEATURES}"; fi) -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.commit=`git describe --always --dirty` -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.date=`date -u +%FT%TZ`" -o sftpgo
 
 # now define the run environment
 FROM debian:latest
diff --git a/docs/build-from-source.md b/docs/build-from-source.md
index 1558f243..c7b906cc 100644
--- a/docs/build-from-source.md
+++ b/docs/build-from-source.md
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ Make sure [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) is installed on your machine and
 The following build tags are available:
 
 - `nogcs`, disable Google Cloud Storage backend, default enabled
-- `nos3`, disable S3 Compabible Object Storage backends, , default enabled
-- `nobolt`, disable Bolt data provider, , default enabled
+- `nos3`, disable S3 Compabible Object Storage backends, default enabled
+- `nobolt`, disable Bolt data provider, default enabled
 - `nomysql`, disable MySQL data provider, default enabled
 - `nopgsql`, disable PostgreSQL data provider, default enabled
 - `nosqlite`, disable SQLite data provider, default enabled
 - `noportable`, disable portable mode, default enabled
+- `nometrics`, disable Prometheus metrics, default enabled
 
 If no build tag is specified the build will include the default features.
 
@@ -27,18 +28,18 @@ The compiler is a build time only dependency. It is not required at runtime.
 
 Version info, such as git commit and build date, can be embedded setting the following string variables at build time:
 
-- `github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.commit`
-- `github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.date`
+- `github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.commit`
+- `github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.date`
 
 For example, you can build using the following command:
 
 ```bash
-go build -i -tags nogcs,nos3,nosqlite -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.commit=`git describe --always --dirty` -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils.date=`date -u +%FT%TZ`" -o sftpgo
+go build -i -tags nogcs,nos3,nosqlite -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.commit=`git describe --always --dirty` -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version.date=`date -u +%FT%TZ`" -o sftpgo
 ```
 
 You should get a version that includes git commit, build date and available features like this one:
 
 ```bash
 $ ./sftpgo -v
-SFTPGo 0.9.6-dev-15298b0-dirty-2020-05-22T21:25:51Z -gcs -s3 +bolt +mysql +pgsql -sqlite +portable
+SFTPGo 0.9.6-dev-b30614e-dirty-2020-06-19T11:04:56Z +metrics -gcs -s3 +bolt +mysql +pgsql -sqlite +portable
 ```
diff --git a/httpd/api_utils.go b/httpd/api_utils.go
index 845bc3ec..b063e2dc 100644
--- a/httpd/api_utils.go
+++ b/httpd/api_utils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/httpclient"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/sftpd"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/vfs"
 )
 
@@ -370,21 +371,21 @@ func StartFolderQuotaScan(folder vfs.BaseVirtualFolder, expectedStatusCode int)
 }
 
 // GetVersion returns version details
-func GetVersion(expectedStatusCode int) (utils.VersionInfo, []byte, error) {
-	var version utils.VersionInfo
+func GetVersion(expectedStatusCode int) (version.Info, []byte, error) {
+	var appVersion version.Info
 	var body []byte
 	resp, err := sendHTTPRequest(http.MethodGet, buildURLRelativeToBase(versionPath), nil, "")
 	if err != nil {
-		return version, body, err
+		return appVersion, body, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	err = checkResponse(resp.StatusCode, expectedStatusCode)
 	if err == nil && expectedStatusCode == http.StatusOK {
-		err = render.DecodeJSON(resp.Body, &version)
+		err = render.DecodeJSON(resp.Body, &appVersion)
 	} else {
 		body, _ = getResponseBody(resp)
 	}
-	return version, body, err
+	return appVersion, body, err
 }
 
 // GetProviderStatus returns provider status
diff --git a/httpd/router.go b/httpd/router.go
index 068c7058..c3c14238 100644
--- a/httpd/router.go
+++ b/httpd/router.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/metrics"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/sftpd"
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 // GetHTTPRouter returns the configured HTTP handler
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func initializeRouter(staticFilesPath string, enableProfiler, enableWebAdmin boo
 		metrics.AddMetricsEndpoint(metricsPath, router)
 
 		router.Get(versionPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			render.JSON(w, r, utils.GetAppVersion())
+			render.JSON(w, r, version.Get())
 		})
 
 		router.Get(providerStatusPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/httpd/web.go b/httpd/web.go
index ed3a7d6b..8633027c 100644
--- a/httpd/web.go
+++ b/httpd/web.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/dataprovider"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/sftpd"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/vfs"
 )
 
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@ func loadTemplates(templatesPath string) {
 }
 
 func getBasePageData(title, currentURL string) basePage {
-	version := utils.GetAppVersion()
 	return basePage{
 		Title:                 title,
 		CurrentURL:            currentURL,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func getBasePageData(title, currentURL string) basePage {
 		UsersTitle:            pageUsersTitle,
 		ConnectionsTitle:      pageConnectionsTitle,
 		FoldersTitle:          pageFoldersTitle,
-		Version:               version.GetVersionAsString(),
+		Version:               version.GetAsString(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index ffcc2f74..c95dacca 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !nometrics
+
 // Package metrics provides Prometheus metrics support
 package metrics
 
@@ -6,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -15,9 +19,8 @@ const (
 	loginMethodKeyAndKeyboardInt   = "publickey+keyboard-interactive"
 )
 
-// AddMetricsEndpoint exposes metrics to the specified endpoint
-func AddMetricsEndpoint(metricsPath string, handler chi.Router) {
-	handler.Handle(metricsPath, promhttp.Handler())
+func init() {
+	version.AddFeature("+metrics")
 }
 
 var (
@@ -393,6 +396,11 @@ var (
 	})
 )
 
+// AddMetricsEndpoint exposes metrics to the specified endpoint
+func AddMetricsEndpoint(metricsPath string, handler chi.Router) {
+	handler.Handle(metricsPath, promhttp.Handler())
+}
+
 // TransferCompleted updates metrics after an upload or a download
 func TransferCompleted(bytesSent, bytesReceived int64, transferKind int, err error) {
 	if transferKind == 0 {
diff --git a/metrics/metrics_disabled.go b/metrics/metrics_disabled.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e42357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/metrics_disabled.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// +build nometrics
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
+
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	version.AddFeature("-metrics")
+}
+
+// AddMetricsEndpoint exposes metrics to the specified endpoint
+func AddMetricsEndpoint(metricsPath string, handler chi.Router) {}
+
+// TransferCompleted updates metrics after an upload or a download
+func TransferCompleted(bytesSent, bytesReceived int64, transferKind int, err error) {}
+
+// S3TransferCompleted updates metrics after an S3 upload or a download
+func S3TransferCompleted(bytes int64, transferKind int, err error) {}
+
+// S3ListObjectsCompleted updates metrics after an S3 list objects request terminates
+func S3ListObjectsCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// S3CopyObjectCompleted updates metrics after an S3 copy object request terminates
+func S3CopyObjectCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// S3DeleteObjectCompleted updates metrics after an S3 delete object request terminates
+func S3DeleteObjectCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// S3HeadBucketCompleted updates metrics after an S3 head bucket request terminates
+func S3HeadBucketCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// GCSTransferCompleted updates metrics after a GCS upload or a download
+func GCSTransferCompleted(bytes int64, transferKind int, err error) {}
+
+// GCSListObjectsCompleted updates metrics after a GCS list objects request terminates
+func GCSListObjectsCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// GCSCopyObjectCompleted updates metrics after a GCS copy object request terminates
+func GCSCopyObjectCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// GCSDeleteObjectCompleted updates metrics after a GCS delete object request terminates
+func GCSDeleteObjectCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// GCSHeadBucketCompleted updates metrics after a GCS head bucket request terminates
+func GCSHeadBucketCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// SSHCommandCompleted update metrics after an SSH command terminates
+func SSHCommandCompleted(err error) {}
+
+// UpdateDataProviderAvailability updates the metric for the data provider availability
+func UpdateDataProviderAvailability(err error) {}
+
+// AddLoginAttempt increments the metrics for login attempts
+func AddLoginAttempt(authMethod string) {}
+
+// AddLoginResult increments the metrics for login results
+func AddLoginResult(authMethod string, err error) {}
+
+// HTTPRequestServed increments the metrics for HTTP requests
+func HTTPRequestServed(status int) {}
+
+// UpdateActiveConnectionsSize sets the metric for active connections
+func UpdateActiveConnectionsSize(size int) {}
diff --git a/service/service.go b/service/service.go
index ccc770f4..116af6ff 100644
--- a/service/service.go
+++ b/service/service.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/sftpd"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -54,9 +55,8 @@ func (s *Service) Start() error {
 			logger.DisableLogger()
 		}
 	}
-	version := utils.GetAppVersion()
 	logger.Info(logSender, "", "starting SFTPGo %v, config dir: %v, config file: %v, log max size: %v log max backups: %v "+
-		"log max age: %v log verbose: %v, log compress: %v, profile: %v", version.GetVersionAsString(), s.ConfigDir, s.ConfigFile,
+		"log max age: %v log verbose: %v, log compress: %v, profile: %v", version.GetAsString(), s.ConfigDir, s.ConfigFile,
 		s.LogMaxSize, s.LogMaxBackups, s.LogMaxAge, s.LogVerbose, s.LogCompress, s.Profiler)
 	// in portable mode we don't read configuration from file
 	if s.PortableMode != 1 {
diff --git a/service/service_portable.go b/service/service_portable.go
index b05b50f6..681f60e0 100644
--- a/service/service_portable.go
+++ b/service/service_portable.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/sftpd"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 // StartPortableMode starts the service in portable mode
@@ -67,9 +68,8 @@ func (s *Service) StartPortableMode(sftpdPort int, enabledSSHCommands []string,
 	}
 	var mDNSService *zeroconf.Server
 	if advertiseService {
-		version := utils.GetAppVersion()
 		meta := []string{
-			fmt.Sprintf("version=%v", version.GetVersionAsString()),
+			fmt.Sprintf("version=%v", version.GetAsString()),
 		}
 		if advertiseCredentials {
 			logger.InfoToConsole("Advertising credentials via multicast DNS")
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index bd8bee7b..b899d665 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ func GetTimeFromMsecSinceEpoch(msec int64) time.Time {
 	return time.Unix(0, msec*1000000)
 }
 
-// GetAppVersion returns VersionInfo struct
-func GetAppVersion() VersionInfo {
-	return versionInfo
-}
-
 // GetDurationAsString returns a string representation for a time.Duration
 func GetDurationAsString(d time.Duration) string {
 	d = d.Round(time.Second)
diff --git a/utils/version.go b/utils/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e475ccb4..00000000
--- a/utils/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package utils
-
-import "strings"
-
-const version = "0.9.6-dev"
-
-var (
-	commit      = ""
-	date        = ""
-	versionInfo VersionInfo
-)
-
-// VersionInfo defines version details
-type VersionInfo struct {
-	Version    string   `json:"version"`
-	BuildDate  string   `json:"build_date"`
-	CommitHash string   `json:"commit_hash"`
-	Features   []string `json:"features"`
-}
-
-// GetVersionAsString returns the string representation of the VersionInfo struct
-func (v *VersionInfo) GetVersionAsString() string {
-	var sb strings.Builder
-	sb.WriteString(v.Version)
-	if len(v.CommitHash) > 0 {
-		sb.WriteString("-")
-		sb.WriteString(v.CommitHash)
-	}
-	if len(v.BuildDate) > 0 {
-		sb.WriteString("-")
-		sb.WriteString(v.BuildDate)
-	}
-	if len(v.Features) > 0 {
-		sb.WriteString(" ")
-		sb.WriteString(strings.Join(v.Features, " "))
-	}
-	return sb.String()
-}
-
-// AddFeature adds a feature description
-func AddFeature(feature string) {
-	versionInfo.Features = append(versionInfo.Features, feature)
-}
-
-func init() {
-	versionInfo = VersionInfo{
-		Version:    version,
-		CommitHash: commit,
-		BuildDate:  date,
-	}
-}
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb4cd39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package version
+
+import "strings"
+
+const version = "0.9.6-dev"
+
+var (
+	commit = ""
+	date   = ""
+	info   Info
+)
+
+// Info defines version details
+type Info struct {
+	Version    string   `json:"version"`
+	BuildDate  string   `json:"build_date"`
+	CommitHash string   `json:"commit_hash"`
+	Features   []string `json:"features"`
+}
+
+// GetAsString returns the string representation of the version
+func GetAsString() string {
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.WriteString(info.Version)
+	if len(info.CommitHash) > 0 {
+		sb.WriteString("-")
+		sb.WriteString(info.CommitHash)
+	}
+	if len(info.BuildDate) > 0 {
+		sb.WriteString("-")
+		sb.WriteString(info.BuildDate)
+	}
+	if len(info.Features) > 0 {
+		sb.WriteString(" ")
+		sb.WriteString(strings.Join(info.Features, " "))
+	}
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
+func init() {
+	info = Info{
+		Version:    version,
+		CommitHash: commit,
+		BuildDate:  date,
+	}
+}
+
+// AddFeature adds a feature description
+func AddFeature(feature string) {
+	info.Features = append(info.Features, feature)
+}
+
+// Get returns the Info struct
+func Get() Info {
+	return info
+}
diff --git a/vfs/gcsfs.go b/vfs/gcsfs.go
index fb638b67..4caa9673 100644
--- a/vfs/gcsfs.go
+++ b/vfs/gcsfs.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/metrics"
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type GCSFs struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("+gcs")
+	version.AddFeature("+gcs")
 }
 
 // NewGCSFs returns an GCSFs object that allows to interact with Google Cloud Storage
diff --git a/vfs/gcsfs_disabled.go b/vfs/gcsfs_disabled.go
index f1515e2b..e90232e4 100644
--- a/vfs/gcsfs_disabled.go
+++ b/vfs/gcsfs_disabled.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ package vfs
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("-gcs")
+	version.AddFeature("-gcs")
 }
 
 // NewGCSFs returns an error, GCS is disabled
diff --git a/vfs/s3fs.go b/vfs/s3fs.go
index b71263ba..76de994e 100644
--- a/vfs/s3fs.go
+++ b/vfs/s3fs.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/logger"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/metrics"
 	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 // S3Fs is a Fs implementation for Amazon S3 compatible object storage.
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ type S3Fs struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("+s3")
+	version.AddFeature("+s3")
 }
 
 // NewS3Fs returns an S3Fs object that allows to interact with an s3 compatible
diff --git a/vfs/s3fs_disabled.go b/vfs/s3fs_disabled.go
index 2e39d39b..743b0d1f 100644
--- a/vfs/s3fs_disabled.go
+++ b/vfs/s3fs_disabled.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ package vfs
 import (
 	"errors"
 
-	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/utils"
+	"github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/version"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	utils.AddFeature("-s3")
+	version.AddFeature("-s3")
 }
 
 // NewS3Fs returns an error, S3 is disabled