diff --git a/boot/vbe_simple_os.c b/boot/vbe_simple_os.c
index 7761b9ef65..058db6154b 100644
--- a/boot/vbe_simple_os.c
+++ b/boot/vbe_simple_os.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 int vbe_simple_fixup_node(ofnode node, struct simple_state *state)
 {
-	char *version;
+	const char *version, *str;
 	int ret;
 
 	version = strdup(state->fw_version);
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ int vbe_simple_fixup_node(ofnode node, struct simple_state *state)
 	ret = ofnode_write_u32(node, "cur-vernum", state->fw_vernum);
 	if (ret)
 		return log_msg_ret("num", ret);
-	ret = ofnode_write_string(node, "bootloader-version", version_string);
+
+	/* Drop the 'U-Boot ' at the start */
+	str = version_string;
+	if (!strncmp("U-Boot ", str, 7))
+		str += 7;
+	ret = ofnode_write_string(node, "bootloader-version", str);
 	if (ret)
 		return log_msg_ret("bl", ret);
 
diff --git a/test/boot/vbe_simple.c b/test/boot/vbe_simple.c
index faba9e8f90..a50785dbbf 100644
--- a/test/boot/vbe_simple.c
+++ b/test/boot/vbe_simple.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int vbe_simple_test_base(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 
 	bl_version = ofnode_read_string(node, "bootloader-version");
 	ut_assertnonnull(bl_version);
-	ut_asserteq_str(version_string, bl_version);
+	ut_asserteq_str(version_string + 7, bl_version);
 
 	return 0;
 }