diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli-res.rc b/src/bitcoin-cli-res.rc
index a4a0c47ea..b1aa1b0e1 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli-res.rc
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli-res.rc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD)
 #define VER_FILEVERSION        VER_PRODUCTVERSION
 #define VER_FILEVERSION_STR    VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
-#define COPYRIGHT_STR          "2009-" STRINGIZE(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) " The Bitcoin Core Developers"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
diff --git a/src/bitcoind-res.rc b/src/bitcoind-res.rc
index dc5c56b79..2e6d75449 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind-res.rc
+++ b/src/bitcoind-res.rc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD)
 #define VER_FILEVERSION        VER_PRODUCTVERSION
 #define VER_FILEVERSION_STR    VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
-#define COPYRIGHT_STR          "2009-" STRINGIZE(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) " The Bitcoin Core developers"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index a30bbff06..6c718a9f7 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // client versioning and copyright year
 //
 
-// These need to be macros, as version.cpp's and bitcoin-qt.rc's voodoo requires it
+// These need to be macros, as version.cpp's and bitcoin*-res.rc's voodoo requires it
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR       0
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       9
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    99
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@
 #define STRINGIZE(X) DO_STRINGIZE(X)
 #define DO_STRINGIZE(X) #X
 
+// Copyright string used in Windows .rc files
+#define COPYRIGHT_STR          "2009-" STRINGIZE(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) " The Bitcoin Core Developers"
+
 #endif // CLIENTVERSION_H
diff --git a/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt-res.rc b/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt-res.rc
index ee23ae9b7..809235be5 100644
--- a/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt-res.rc
+++ b/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt-res.rc
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ IDI_ICON2 ICON DISCARDABLE "icons/bitcoin_testnet.ico"
 #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD)
 #define VER_FILEVERSION        VER_PRODUCTVERSION
 #define VER_FILEVERSION_STR    VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
-#define COPYRIGHT_STR          "2009-" STRINGIZE(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) " The Bitcoin developers"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION