diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 2657a20f0b..1865e480e3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -559,17 +559,12 @@ define MAKE_KERNEL_VIRTIOFS_NAME
 $(if $(findstring uncompressed,$1),vmlinux-virtiofs.container,vmlinuz-virtiofs.container)
 endef
 
-GENERATED_CONFIG = $(abspath $(CLI_DIR)/config-generated.go)
-
-GENERATED_FILES += $(GENERATED_CONFIG)
 GENERATED_FILES += pkg/katautils/config-settings.go
 
 $(RUNTIME_OUTPUT): $(SOURCES) $(GENERATED_FILES) $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | show-summary
-	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(RUNTIME_DIR)/ && ln -fs $(GENERATED_CONFIG))
 	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(RUNTIME_DIR) && go build $(KATA_LDFLAGS) $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ .)
 
 $(SHIMV2_OUTPUT): $(SOURCES) $(GENERATED_FILES) $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
-	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(SHIMV2_DIR)/ && ln -fs $(GENERATED_CONFIG))
 	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(SHIMV2_DIR)/ && go build $(KATA_LDFLAGS) $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ .)
 
 $(MONITOR_OUTPUT): $(SOURCES) $(GENERATED_FILES) $(MAKEFILE_LIST) .git-commit
@@ -612,7 +607,6 @@ ifeq ($(shell id -u), 0)
 endif
 
 go-test: $(GENERATED_FILES)
-	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(SHIMV2_DIR)/ && ln -fs $(GENERATED_CONFIG))
 	go clean -testcache
 	go test -v -mod=vendor ./...
 
@@ -621,7 +615,6 @@ check-go-static:
 	$(QUIET_CHECK)../../ci/go-no-os-exit.sh ./virtcontainers
 
 coverage:
-	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(SHIMV2_DIR)/ && ln -fs $(GENERATED_CONFIG))
 	go test -v -mod=vendor -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.txt ./...
 	go tool cover -html=coverage.txt -o coverage.html
 
@@ -668,7 +661,6 @@ clean:
 		$(NETMON_TARGET) \
 		$(MONITOR) \
 		$(SHIMV2) \
-		$(SHIMV2_DIR)/$(notdir $(GENERATED_CONFIG)) \
 		$(TARGET) \
 		.git-commit .git-commit.tmp
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/config-generated.go.in b/src/runtime/cmd/config-generated.go.in
deleted file mode 100644
index baa6d9cd0c..0000000000
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/config-generated.go.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Copyright (c) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-//
-// WARNING: This file is auto-generated - DO NOT EDIT!
-//
-// Note that some variables are "var" to allow them to be modified
-// by the tests.
-package main
-
-// name is the name of the runtime
-const name = "@RUNTIME_NAME@"
-
-// name of the project
-const project = "@PROJECT_NAME@"
-
-// prefix used to denote non-standard CLI commands and options.
-const projectPrefix = "@PROJECT_TYPE@"
-
-// original URL for this project
-const projectURL = "@PROJECT_URL@"
-
-// Project URL's organisation name
-const projectORG = "@PROJECT_ORG@"
-
-const defaultRootDirectory = "@PKGRUNDIR@"
-
-// commit is the git commit the runtime is compiled from.
-var commit = "@COMMIT@"
-
-// version is the runtime version.
-var version = "@VERSION@"
-
-// Default config file used by stateless systems.
-var defaultRuntimeConfiguration = "@CONFIG_PATH@"
-
-// Alternate config file that takes precedence over
-// defaultRuntimeConfiguration.
-var defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration = "@SYSCONFIG@"
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go b/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
index a05e8773ed..412dec6ec3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	shimapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/shim"
 
 	shim "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/containerd-shim-v2"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katautils"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ func shimConfig(config *shimapi.Config) {
 func main() {
 
 	if len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "--version" {
-		fmt.Printf("%s containerd shim: id: %q, version: %s, commit: %v\n", project, types.DefaultKataRuntimeName, version, commit)
+		fmt.Printf("%s containerd shim: id: %q, version: %s, commit: %v\n", katautils.PROJECT, types.DefaultKataRuntimeName, katautils.VERSION, katautils.COMMIT)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-check.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-check.go
index 076fb0525d..991a3fd3ad 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-check.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-check.go
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ type vmContainerCapableDetails struct {
 
 const (
 	moduleParamDir        = "parameters"
-	successMessageCapable = "System is capable of running " + project
-	successMessageCreate  = "System can currently create " + project
-	failMessage           = "System is not capable of running " + project
+	successMessageCapable = "System is capable of running " + katautils.PROJECT
+	successMessageCreate  = "System can currently create " + katautils.PROJECT
+	failMessage           = "System is not capable of running " + katautils.PROJECT
 	kernelPropertyCorrect = "Kernel property value correct"
 
 	// these refer to fields in the procCPUINFO file
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func genericHostIsVMContainerCapable(details vmContainerCapableDetails) error {
 var kataCheckCLICommand = cli.Command{
 	Name:    "check",
 	Aliases: []string{"kata-check"},
-	Usage:   "tests if system can run " + project,
+	Usage:   "tests if system can run " + katautils.PROJECT,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:  "check-version-only",
@@ -372,14 +372,14 @@ EXAMPLES:
 
   $ %s check --only-list-releases --include-all-releases
 `,
-		project,
+		katautils.PROJECT,
 		noNetworkEnvVar,
-		name,
-		name,
-		name,
-		name,
-		name,
-		name,
+		katautils.NAME,
+		katautils.NAME,
+		katautils.NAME,
+		katautils.NAME,
+		katautils.NAME,
+		katautils.NAME,
 	),
 
 	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ EXAMPLES:
 			if os.Geteuid() == 0 {
 				kataLog.Warn("Not running network checks as super user")
 			} else {
-				err := HandleReleaseVersions(cmd, version, context.Bool("include-all-releases"))
+				err := HandleReleaseVersions(cmd, katautils.VERSION, context.Bool("include-all-releases"))
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env.go
index 87e803825b..13861b174f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env.go
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/prometheus/procfs"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+
+	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katautils"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/utils"
 	vc "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers"
 	exp "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/experimental"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci"
 	vcUtils "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/utils"
-	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
-	"github.com/prometheus/procfs"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
 // Semantic version for the output of the command.
@@ -169,8 +171,8 @@ func getMetaInfo() MetaInfo {
 }
 
 func getRuntimeInfo(configFile string, config oci.RuntimeConfig) RuntimeInfo {
-	runtimeVersionInfo := constructVersionInfo(version)
-	runtimeVersionInfo.Commit = commit
+	runtimeVersionInfo := constructVersionInfo(katautils.VERSION)
+	runtimeVersionInfo.Commit = katautils.COMMIT
 
 	runtimeVersion := RuntimeVersionInfo{
 		Version: runtimeVersionInfo,
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go
index ec5b297cef..6193f05e6f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/kata-env_test.go
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ func getExpectedKernel(config oci.RuntimeConfig) KernelInfo {
 func getExpectedRuntimeDetails(config oci.RuntimeConfig, configFile string) RuntimeInfo {
 	runtimePath, _ := os.Executable()
 
-	runtimeVersionInfo := constructVersionInfo(version)
-	runtimeVersionInfo.Commit = commit
+	runtimeVersionInfo := constructVersionInfo(katautils.VERSION)
+	runtimeVersionInfo.Commit = katautils.COMMIT
 	return RuntimeInfo{
 		Version: RuntimeVersionInfo{
 			Version: runtimeVersionInfo,
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main.go
index eaef71aeeb..a2a930abbd 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main.go
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@ const arch = goruntime.GOARCH
 var usage = fmt.Sprintf(`%s runtime
 
 %s is a command line program for running applications packaged
-according to the Open Container Initiative (OCI).`, name, name)
+according to the Open Container Initiative (OCI).`, katautils.NAME, katautils.NAME)
 
 var notes = fmt.Sprintf(`
 NOTES:
 
-- Commands starting "%s-" and options starting "--%s-" are `+project+` extensions.
+- Commands starting "%s-" and options starting "--%s-" are `+katautils.PROJECT+` extensions.
 
 URL:
 
   The canonical URL for this project is: %s
 
-`, projectPrefix, projectPrefix, projectURL)
+`, katautils.PROJECTPREFIX, katautils.PROJECTPREFIX, katautils.PROJECTURL)
 
 // kataLog is the logger used to record all messages
 var kataLog *logrus.Entry
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ var defaultErrorFile = os.Stderr
 var runtimeFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "config, kata-config",
-		Usage: project + " config file path",
+		Usage: katautils.PROJECT + " config file path",
 	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "log",
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var runtimeFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "root",
-		Value: defaultRootDirectory,
+		Value: katautils.DEFAULTROOTDIRECTORY,
 		Usage: "root directory for storage of container state (this should be located in tmpfs)",
 	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var savedCLIErrWriter = cli.ErrWriter
 
 func init() {
 	kataLog = logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-		"name":   name,
+		"name":   katautils.NAME,
 		"source": "runtime",
 		"arch":   arch,
 		"pid":    os.Getpid(),
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func beforeSubcommands(c *cli.Context) error {
 	var runtimeConfig oci.RuntimeConfig
 	var err error
 
-	katautils.SetConfigOptions(name, defaultRuntimeConfiguration, defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
+	katautils.SetConfigOptions(katautils.NAME, katautils.DEFAULTRUNTIMECONFIGURATION, katautils.DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION)
 
 	handleShowConfig(c)
 
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ func beforeSubcommands(c *cli.Context) error {
 	args := strings.Join(c.Args(), " ")
 
 	fields := logrus.Fields{
-		"version":   version,
-		"commit":    commit,
+		"version":   katautils.VERSION,
+		"commit":    katautils.COMMIT,
 		"arguments": `"` + args + `"`,
 	}
 
@@ -365,14 +365,14 @@ func commandNotFound(c *cli.Context, command string) {
 func makeVersionString() string {
 	v := make([]string, 0, 3)
 
-	versionStr := version
+	versionStr := katautils.VERSION
 	if versionStr == "" {
 		versionStr = unknown
 	}
 
-	v = append(v, name+"  : "+versionStr)
+	v = append(v, katautils.NAME+"  : "+versionStr)
 
-	commitStr := commit
+	commitStr := katautils.COMMIT
 	if commitStr == "" {
 		commitStr = unknown
 	}
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func setCLIGlobals() {
 func createRuntimeApp(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	app := cli.NewApp()
 
-	app.Name = name
+	app.Name = katautils.NAME
 	app.Writer = defaultOutputFile
 	app.Usage = usage
 	app.CommandNotFound = runtimeCommandNotFound
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main_test.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main_test.go
index b6a6f634b4..c18d19b507 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/main_test.go
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ var (
 var testingImpl = &vcmock.VCMock{}
 
 func init() {
-	if version == "" {
+	if katautils.VERSION == "" {
 		panic("ERROR: invalid build: version not set")
 	}
 
-	if commit == "" {
+	if katautils.COMMIT == "" {
 		panic("ERROR: invalid build: commit not set")
 	}
 
-	if defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration == "" {
+	if katautils.DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION == "" {
 		panic("ERROR: invalid build: defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration not set")
 	}
 
-	if defaultRuntimeConfiguration == "" {
+	if katautils.DEFAULTRUNTIMECONFIGURATION == "" {
 		panic("ERROR: invalid build: defaultRuntimeConfiguration not set")
 	}
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func init() {
 	var err error
 
 	fmt.Printf("INFO: creating test directory\n")
-	testDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", fmt.Sprintf("%s-", name))
+	testDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", fmt.Sprintf("%s-", katautils.NAME))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: failed to create test directory: %v", err))
 	}
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ func runUnitTests(m *testing.M) {
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	// If the test binary name is kata-runtime.coverage, we've are being asked to
 	// run the coverage-instrumented kata-runtime.
-	if path.Base(os.Args[0]) == name+".coverage" ||
-		path.Base(os.Args[0]) == name {
+	if path.Base(os.Args[0]) == katautils.NAME+".coverage" ||
+		path.Base(os.Args[0]) == katautils.NAME {
 		main()
 		exit(0)
 	}
@@ -666,9 +666,9 @@ func TestMainBeforeSubCommandsShowCCConfigPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, line := range lines {
 		switch i {
 		case 0:
-			assert.Equal(line, defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
+			assert.Equal(line, katautils.DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION)
 		case 1:
-			assert.Equal(line, defaultRuntimeConfiguration)
+			assert.Equal(line, katautils.DEFAULTRUNTIMECONFIGURATION)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ func testVersionString(assert *assert.Assertions, versionString, expectedVersion
 	foundCommit := false
 	foundOCIVersion := false
 
-	versionRE := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(`%s\s*:\s*%v`, name, expectedVersion))
+	versionRE := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(`%s\s*:\s*%v`, katautils.NAME, expectedVersion))
 	commitRE := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(`%s\s*:\s*%v`, "commit", expectedCommit))
 
 	ociRE := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(`%s\s*:\s*%v`, "OCI specs", expectedOCIVersion))
@@ -753,37 +753,37 @@ func TestMainMakeVersionString(t *testing.T) {
 
 	v := makeVersionString()
 
-	testVersionString(assert, v, version, commit, specs.Version)
+	testVersionString(assert, v, katautils.VERSION, katautils.COMMIT, specs.Version)
 }
 
 func TestMainMakeVersionStringNoVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	savedVersion := version
-	version = ""
+	savedVersion := katautils.VERSION
+	katautils.VERSION = ""
 
 	defer func() {
-		version = savedVersion
+		katautils.VERSION = savedVersion
 	}()
 
 	v := makeVersionString()
 
-	testVersionString(assert, v, unknown, commit, specs.Version)
+	testVersionString(assert, v, unknown, katautils.COMMIT, specs.Version)
 }
 
 func TestMainMakeVersionStringNoCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	savedCommit := commit
-	commit = ""
+	savedCommit := katautils.COMMIT
+	katautils.COMMIT = ""
 
 	defer func() {
-		commit = savedCommit
+		katautils.COMMIT = savedCommit
 	}()
 
 	v := makeVersionString()
 
-	testVersionString(assert, v, version, unknown, specs.Version)
+	testVersionString(assert, v, katautils.VERSION, unknown, specs.Version)
 }
 
 func TestMainMakeVersionStringNoOCIVersion(t *testing.T) {
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ func TestMainMakeVersionStringNoOCIVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	v := makeVersionString()
 
-	testVersionString(assert, v, version, commit, unknown)
+	testVersionString(assert, v, katautils.VERSION, katautils.COMMIT, unknown)
 }
 
 func TestMainCreateRuntimeApp(t *testing.T) {
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ func TestMainCreateRuntimeApp(t *testing.T) {
 		defaultOutputFile = savedOutputFile
 	}()
 
-	args := []string{name}
+	args := []string{katautils.NAME}
 
 	err = createRuntimeApp(context.Background(), args)
 	assert.NoError(err, "%v", args)
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ func TestMainCreateRuntimeAppInvalidSubCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 
 	// calls fatal() so no return
-	_ = createRuntimeApp(context.Background(), []string{name, "i-am-an-invalid-sub-command"})
+	_ = createRuntimeApp(context.Background(), []string{katautils.NAME, "i-am-an-invalid-sub-command"})
 
 	assert.NotEqual(exitStatus, 0)
 }
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ func TestMainCreateRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 	savedBefore := runtimeBeforeSubcommands
 	savedCommands := runtimeCommands
 
-	os.Args = []string{name, cmd}
+	os.Args = []string{katautils.NAME, cmd}
 	exitFunc = func(status int) { exitStatus = status }
 
 	// disable
@@ -920,10 +920,10 @@ func TestMainVersionPrinter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	setCLIGlobals()
 
-	err = createRuntimeApp(context.Background(), []string{name, "--version"})
+	err = createRuntimeApp(context.Background(), []string{katautils.NAME, "--version"})
 	assert.NoError(err)
 
-	err = grep(fmt.Sprintf(`%s\s*:\s*%s`, name, version), output)
+	err = grep(fmt.Sprintf(`%s\s*:\s*%s`, katautils.NAME, katautils.VERSION), output)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 }
 
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ func TestMainFatalWriter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	setCLIGlobals()
 
-	err := createRuntimeApp(context.Background(), []string{name, cmd})
+	err := createRuntimeApp(context.Background(), []string{katautils.NAME, cmd})
 	assert.Error(err)
 
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release.go
index 560541c48c..3acfae71d8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
+
+	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katautils"
 )
 
 type ReleaseCmd int
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ type releaseDetails struct {
 
 const (
 	// A release URL is expected to be prefixed with this value
-	projectAPIURL = "https://api.github.com/repos/" + projectORG
+	projectAPIURL = "https://api.github.com/repos/" + katautils.PROJECTORG
 
 	releasesSuffix  = "/releases"
 	downloadsSuffix = releasesSuffix + "/download"
@@ -37,12 +39,12 @@ const (
 	// Kata 1.x
 	kata1xRepo            = "runtime"
 	kataLegacyReleaseURL  = projectAPIURL + "/" + kata1xRepo + releasesSuffix
-	kataLegacyDownloadURL = projectURL + "/" + kata1xRepo + downloadsSuffix
+	kataLegacyDownloadURL = katautils.PROJECTURL + "/" + kata1xRepo + downloadsSuffix
 
 	// Kata 2.x or newer
 	kata2xRepo      = "kata-containers"
 	kataReleaseURL  = projectAPIURL + "/" + kata2xRepo + releasesSuffix
-	kataDownloadURL = projectURL + "/" + kata2xRepo + downloadsSuffix
+	kataDownloadURL = katautils.PROJECTURL + "/" + kata2xRepo + downloadsSuffix
 
 	// Environment variable that can be used to override a release URL
 	ReleaseURLEnvVar = "KATA_RELEASE_URL"
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ func HandleReleaseVersions(cmd ReleaseCmd, currentVersion string, includeAll boo
 
 	currentSemver, err := semver.Make(currentVersion)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("BUG: Current version of %s (%s) has invalid SemVer version: %v", name, currentVersion, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("BUG: Current version of %s (%s) has invalid SemVer version: %v", katautils.NAME, currentVersion, err)
 	}
 
 	releaseURL, err := getReleaseURL(currentSemver)
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release_test.go b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release_test.go
index 275a2b5db4..a40cd00d9d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/kata-runtime/release_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/pkg/katautils"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var expectedReleasesURL string
 
 func init() {
 	var err error
-	currentSemver, err = semver.Make(version)
+	currentSemver, err = semver.Make(katautils.VERSION)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to create semver for testing: %v", err))
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ func TestDownloadURLIsValid(t *testing.T) {
 		{"foo", true},
 		{"foo bar", true},
 		{"https://google.com", true},
-		{projectURL, true},
+		{katautils.PROJECTURL, true},
 		{validKata1xDownload, false},
 		{validKata2xDownload, false},
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
index d03f5406ac..4b92b4390b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config-settings.go.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
 // Copyright (c) 2018 HyperHQ Inc.
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Ant Group
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -8,6 +9,35 @@
 
 package katautils
 
+// name is the name of the runtime
+var NAME = "@RUNTIME_NAME@"
+
+// name of the project
+const PROJECT = "@PROJECT_NAME@"
+
+// prefix used to denote non-standard CLI commands and options.
+const PROJECTPREFIX = "@PROJECT_TYPE@"
+
+// original URL for this project
+const PROJECTURL = "@PROJECT_URL@"
+
+// Project URL's organisation name
+const PROJECTORG = "@PROJECT_ORG@"
+
+const DEFAULTROOTDIRECTORY = "@PKGRUNDIR@"
+
+// commit is the git commit the runtime is compiled from.
+var COMMIT = "@COMMIT@"
+
+// version is the runtime version.
+var VERSION = "@VERSION@"
+
+// Default config file used by stateless systems.
+var DEFAULTRUNTIMECONFIGURATION = "@CONFIG_PATH@"
+
+// Alternate config file that takes precedence over
+// defaultRuntimeConfiguration.
+var DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION = "@SYSCONFIG@"
 var defaultHypervisorPath = "/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"
 var defaultHypervisorCtlPath = "/usr/bin/acrnctl"
 var defaultJailerPath = "/usr/bin/jailer"
@@ -65,9 +95,4 @@ const defaultVMCacheEndpoint string = "/var/run/kata-containers/cache.sock"
 // Default config file used by stateless systems.
 var defaultRuntimeConfiguration = "@CONFIG_PATH@"
 
-// Alternate config file that takes precedence over
-// defaultRuntimeConfiguration.
-var defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration = "@SYSCONFIG@"
-
-var name = "kata"
 var defaultNetmonPath = "/usr/libexec/kata-containers/kata-netmon"
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
index edf882c5f9..6be937726b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ func checkHypervisorConfig(config vc.HypervisorConfig) error {
 func GetDefaultConfigFilePaths() []string {
 	return []string{
 		// normally below "/etc"
-		defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration,
+		DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION,
 
 		// normally below "/usr/share"
 		defaultRuntimeConfiguration,
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ func getDefaultConfigFile() (string, error) {
 // SetConfigOptions will override some of the defaults settings.
 func SetConfigOptions(n, runtimeConfig, sysRuntimeConfig string) {
 	if n != "" {
-		name = n
+		NAME = n
 	}
 
 	if runtimeConfig != "" {
@@ -1379,6 +1379,6 @@ func SetConfigOptions(n, runtimeConfig, sysRuntimeConfig string) {
 	}
 
 	if sysRuntimeConfig != "" {
-		defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration = sysRuntimeConfig
+		DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION = sysRuntimeConfig
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
index e6df8985b5..39497264b9 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func testLoadConfiguration(t *testing.T, dir string,
 
 			// override
 			defaultRuntimeConfiguration = testConfig.ConfigPath
-			defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration = ""
+			DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION = ""
 
 			for _, file := range configFiles {
 				var err error
@@ -1193,24 +1193,24 @@ func TestGetDefaultConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(err)
 
 	savedConf := defaultRuntimeConfiguration
-	savedSysConf := defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration
+	savedSysConf := DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION
 
 	defaultRuntimeConfiguration = confDirConfig.ConfigPath
-	defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration = sysConfDirConfig.ConfigPath
+	DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION = sysConfDirConfig.ConfigPath
 
 	defer func() {
 		defaultRuntimeConfiguration = savedConf
-		defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration = savedSysConf
+		DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION = savedSysConf
 
 	}()
 
 	got, err := getDefaultConfigFile()
 	assert.NoError(err)
-	// defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration has priority over defaultRuntimeConfiguration
-	assert.Equal(got, defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
+	// DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION has priority over defaultRuntimeConfiguration
+	assert.Equal(got, DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION)
 
 	// force defaultRuntimeConfiguration to be returned
-	os.Remove(defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
+	os.Remove(DEFAULTSYSCONFRUNTIMECONFIGURATION)
 
 	got, err = getDefaultConfigFile()
 	assert.NoError(err)
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/create_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/create_test.go
index fa6b434d09..46693fcaa6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/create_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/create_test.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func findLastParam(key string, params []vc.Param) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("no param called %q found", name)
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("no param called %q found", NAME)
 }
 
 func TestSetEphemeralStorageType(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/logger.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/logger.go
index 699d5a95ed..4c456798b3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/logger.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/logger.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (h *sysLogHook) Fire(e *logrus.Entry) (err error) {
 }
 
 func newSystemLogHook(network, raddr string) (*sysLogHook, error) {
-	hook, err := lSyslog.NewSyslogHook(network, raddr, syslog.LOG_INFO, name)
+	hook, err := lSyslog.NewSyslogHook(network, raddr, syslog.LOG_INFO, NAME)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/utils_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/utils_test.go
index 0beedc2ff9..af95931184 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/utils_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/utils_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func init() {
 	var err error
 
 	fmt.Printf("INFO: creating test directory\n")
-	testDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", fmt.Sprintf("%s-", name))
+	testDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", fmt.Sprintf("%s-", NAME))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: failed to create test directory: %v", err))
 	}