diff --git a/etc/api/shared.yaml b/etc/api/shared.yaml
index 49afa732742..85f3111add1 100644
--- a/etc/api/shared.yaml
+++ b/etc/api/shared.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ directories:
   mako_src: src/mako
   # The subdirectory to contain documentation from all APIs and related programs
   doc_subdir: doc
+# This somewhat intricate setup allows the CLI to access certain cargo-API values,
+# without having us duplicate them.
+cargo_api: &cargo_api
+  build_version: "0.1.15"
 cargo:
+  # This means that the API must not specify the shared variables from cargo_api
+  # anymore
+  <<: *cargo_api
   repo_base_url: https://github.com/Byron/google-apis-rs
   doc_base_url: http://byron.github.io/google-apis-rs
   authors:
@@ -76,3 +83,5 @@ copyright:
   years: '2015-2016'
   authors:
     - 'Sebastian Thiel'
+    
+
diff --git a/etc/api/type-api.yaml b/etc/api/type-api.yaml
index ab0af05398c..dcfafe9b8ea 100644
--- a/etc/api/type-api.yaml
+++ b/etc/api/type-api.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ make:
     - source: build.rs
       output_dir: src
 cargo:
-  build_version: "0.1.15"
   build_script: src/build.rs
   keywords: [protocol, web, api]
   dependencies:
diff --git a/etc/api/type-cli.yaml b/etc/api/type-cli.yaml
index d0857259846..8f09fa8dde5 100644
--- a/etc/api/type-cli.yaml
+++ b/etc/api/type-cli.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ make:
   target_suffix: -cli
   aggregated_target_suffix: -cli
   depends_on_suffix: ''
+  depends_on_id: 'api'
   documentation_engine: mkdocs
   templates:
     - source: ../LICENSE.md
diff --git a/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako b/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
index 4a2716cb647..2e3f8824793 100644
--- a/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
+++ b/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ ${dep}
 <%
   api_name = util.library_name()
   crate_name_we_depend_on = None
+  crate_version_we_depend_on = None
   
   nightly_features = ["serde_macros", "yup-oauth2/nightly"]
   default_features = ["serde_codegen", "yup-oauth2/with-serde-codegen"]
   
   if make.depends_on_suffix is not None:
     crate_name_we_depend_on = library_to_crate_name(api_name, suffix=make.depends_on_suffix)
+    depends_on_key = 'cargo_' + make.depends_on_id
+    crate_version_we_depend_on = self.context.get(depends_on_key).get('build_version')
     nightly_features.append(crate_name_we_depend_on + '/nightly')
     default_features.append(crate_name_we_depend_on + '/with-serde-codegen')
 %>\
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ serde_codegen = { version = "^ 0.8", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.${crate_name_we_depend_on}]
 path = "../${api_name}"
-version = "*"
+version = "${crate_version_we_depend_on}"
 optional = true
 default-features = false
 % endif
diff --git a/src/mako/deps.mako b/src/mako/deps.mako
index ced7c467c3e..38b16c647f2 100644
--- a/src/mako/deps.mako
+++ b/src/mako/deps.mako
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
 		   i.get('output_dir', '') + '/' + i.source.strip('../')) for i in make.templates]
 	api_json = directories.api_base + '/' + an + '/' + version + '/' + an + '-api.json'
 	api_meta_dir = os.path.dirname(api_json)
-	print api_json
 	api_crate_publish_file = api_meta_dir + '/crates/' + util.crate_version(cargo.build_version +
 			make.aggregated_target_suffix, json.load(open(api_json, 'r')).get('revision', '00000000'))
 	api_json_overrides = api_meta_dir + '/' + an + '-api_overrides.yaml'