diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c72f3ee..bc32e67a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-!cmd/skopeo/
 /skopeo
 /skopeo.1
 /layers-*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6785c4c0..bcc739a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ endif
 DOCKER_RUN_DOCKER := $(DOCKER_FLAGS) "$(DOCKER_IMAGE)"
 
 GIT_COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
-LDFLAGS := "-X github.com/projectatomic/skopeo.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} ${LDFLAGS}"
 
 all: man binary
 
 binary:
-	go build -ldflags ${LDFLAGS} -o ${DEST}skopeo ./cmd/skopeo
+	go build -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}" -o ${DEST}skopeo .
 
 build-container:
 	docker build ${DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS} -t "$(DOCKER_IMAGE)" .
diff --git a/docker.go b/docker.go
index f7ee2fd4..f1e1ef70 100644
--- a/docker.go
+++ b/docker.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package skopeo
+package main
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go b/inspect.go
similarity index 91%
rename from cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
rename to inspect.go
index fd2ecb09..0faec960 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
+++ b/inspect.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
-	"github.com/projectatomic/skopeo"
 )
 
 var inspectCmd = cli.Command{
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ var inspectCmd = cli.Command{
 		},
 	},
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
-		img, err := skopeo.ParseImage(c)
+		img, err := parseImage(c)
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/layers.go b/layers.go
similarity index 83%
rename from cmd/skopeo/layers.go
rename to layers.go
index dda13dac..27285520 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/layers.go
+++ b/layers.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
-	"github.com/projectatomic/skopeo"
 )
 
 // TODO(runcom): document args and usage
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ var layersCmd = cli.Command{
 	Name:  "layers",
 	Usage: "get images layers",
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
-		img, err := skopeo.ParseImage(c)
+		img, err := parseImage(c)
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/main.go b/main.go
similarity index 74%
rename from cmd/skopeo/main.go
rename to main.go
index 6c05e218..3f09c1fb 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,18 +6,26 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
-	"github.com/projectatomic/skopeo"
+	"github.com/projectatomic/skopeo/version"
+)
+
+// gitCommit will be the hash that the binary was built from
+// and will be populated by the Makefile
+var gitCommit = ""
+
+const (
+	usage = `interact with registries`
 )
 
 func main() {
 	app := cli.NewApp()
 	app.Name = "skopeo"
-	if skopeo.GitCommit != "" {
-		app.Version = fmt.Sprintf("%s commit: %s", skopeo.Version, skopeo.GitCommit)
+	if gitCommit != "" {
+		app.Version = fmt.Sprintf("%s commit: %s", version.Version, gitCommit)
 	} else {
-		app.Version = skopeo.Version
+		app.Version = version.Version
 	}
-	app.Usage = "interact with registries"
+	app.Usage = usage
 	// TODO(runcom)
 	//app.EnableBashCompletion = true
 	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
diff --git a/signature/signature.go b/signature/signature.go
index 870b97b0..d834d019 100644
--- a/signature/signature.go
+++ b/signature/signature.go
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/projectatomic/skopeo"
+	"github.com/projectatomic/skopeo/version"
 )
 
 const (
 	signatureType      = "atomic container signature"
-	signatureCreatorID = "atomic " + skopeo.Version
+	signatureCreatorID = "atomic " + version.Version
 )
 
 // InvalidSignatureError is returned when parsing an invalid signature.
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/signing.go b/signing.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/skopeo/signing.go
rename to signing.go
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index fc4f9e81..5c69f30c 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package skopeo
+package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ParseImage converts image URL-like string to an initialized handler for that image.
-func ParseImage(c *cli.Context) (types.Image, error) {
+func parseImage(c *cli.Context) (types.Image, error) {
 	var (
 		imgName   = c.Args().First()
 		certPath  = c.GlobalString("cert-path")
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ddd894b..00000000
--- a/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package skopeo
-
-// Version is a version of thils build.
-const Version = "0.1.12-dev"
-
-// GitCommit is a git commit hash of this build. It is ordinarily overriden by LDFLAGS in Makefile.
-var GitCommit = ""
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26fc8858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package version
+
+// Version is the version of the build.
+const Version = "0.1.12-dev"