diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d50e5201e8..6f06516ee2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ test:
 		. $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/activate; \
 	fi; \
 	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 py.test -p no:cacheprovider -n auto $(TEST_DIRS)
+	cmp VERSION awxkit/VERSION || "VERSION and awxkit/VERSION *must* match"
 	cd awxkit && $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/tox -re py2,py3
 	awx-manage check_migrations --dry-run --check  -n 'vNNN_missing_migration_file'
 
diff --git a/awxkit/VERSION b/awxkit/VERSION
deleted file mode 120000
index 6ff19de4b8..0000000000
--- a/awxkit/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/awxkit/VERSION b/awxkit/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b85c6c7b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awxkit/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+11.2.0