diff --git a/.changeset/seven-owls-explain.md b/.changeset/seven-owls-explain.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e1d852646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/seven-owls-explain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@khanacademy/perseus": patch
+---
+
+Internal: Inline widget version into Expression widget parser.
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/util/parse-perseus-json/perseus-parsers/expression-widget.ts b/packages/perseus/src/util/parse-perseus-json/perseus-parsers/expression-widget.ts
index 3d181092fe..9bff1a6a46 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/util/parse-perseus-json/perseus-parsers/expression-widget.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/util/parse-perseus-json/perseus-parsers/expression-widget.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import ExpressionWidgetModule from "../../../widgets/expression/expression";
 import {
     array,
     boolean,
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ function migrateV0ToV1(
     const {options} = widget;
     return ctx.success({
         ...widget,
-        version: ExpressionWidgetModule.version,
+        version: {major: 1, minor: 0},
         options: {
             times: options.times,
             buttonSets: options.buttonSets,