diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc8ae3807..e07db8afa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -514,22 +514,22 @@ main: examples/main/main.cpp                                  build-info.h ggml.
 	@echo '====  Run ./main -h for help.  ===='
 	@echo
 
-simple: examples/simple/simple.cpp                            ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
+simple: examples/simple/simple.cpp                            build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-quantize: examples/quantize/quantize.cpp                      ggml.o llama.o $(OBJS)
+quantize: examples/quantize/quantize.cpp                      build-info.h ggml.o llama.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-quantize-stats: examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp    ggml.o llama.o $(OBJS)
+quantize-stats: examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp    build-info.h ggml.o llama.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-perplexity: examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp                ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
+perplexity: examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp                build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-embedding: examples/embedding/embedding.cpp                   ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
+embedding: examples/embedding/embedding.cpp                   build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-save-load-state: examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
+save-load-state: examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 server: examples/server/server.cpp examples/server/httplib.h examples/server/json.hpp examples/server/index.html.hpp examples/server/index.js.hpp examples/server/completion.js.hpp build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o grammar-parser.o $(OBJS)
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ build-info.h: $(wildcard .git/index) scripts/build-info.sh
 
 tests: $(TEST_TARGETS)
 
-benchmark-matmult: examples/benchmark/benchmark-matmult.cpp ggml.o $(OBJS)
+benchmark-matmult: examples/benchmark/benchmark-matmult.cpp build-info.h ggml.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 	./$@
 
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index f9dfd4a2c..18aea38ce 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "llama.h"
-#include "build-info.h"
 
 #define LOG_NO_FILE_LINE_FUNCTION
 #include "log.h"
diff --git a/examples/benchmark/benchmark-matmult.cpp b/examples/benchmark/benchmark-matmult.cpp
index 561309acb..b16ad24d3 100644
--- a/examples/benchmark/benchmark-matmult.cpp
+++ b/examples/benchmark/benchmark-matmult.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "build-info.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "ggml.h"
 
diff --git a/examples/embd-input/embd-input-lib.cpp b/examples/embd-input/embd-input-lib.cpp
index fc6e44eb2..c995eef35 100644
--- a/examples/embd-input/embd-input-lib.cpp
+++ b/examples/embd-input/embd-input-lib.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "build-info.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "embd-input.h"
 
diff --git a/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp b/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
index 0788f362c..27d605f4e 100644
--- a/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
+++ b/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "build-info.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "llama.h"
 
diff --git a/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp b/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
index 4958cdfb9..2b375e34e 100644
--- a/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
+++ b/examples/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "build-info.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "llama.h"
 
diff --git a/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp b/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp
index 9f930dede..94edb94d9 100644
--- a/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp
+++ b/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #define LLAMA_API_INTERNAL
+#include "build-info.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "ggml.h"
 #include "llama.h"
diff --git a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
index acb79e690..1c1d957e6 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
+++ b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "build-info.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "llama.h"
 
diff --git a/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp b/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp
index eac307904..95527bb86 100644
--- a/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp
+++ b/examples/save-load-state/save-load-state.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "build-info.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "llama.h"