diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
index 6efec81be..d6c68a94f 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ EOT
             });
         }
 
-        $io->writeError('<info>Installing ' . $package->getName() . ' (' . VersionParser::formatVersion($package, false) . ')</info>');
+        $io->writeError('<info>Installing ' . $package->getName() . ' (' . $package->getFullPrettyVersion(false) . ')</info>');
 
         if ($disablePlugins) {
             $io->writeError('<info>Plugins have been disabled.</info>');
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/LicensesCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/LicensesCommand.php
index ddeabf00f..4ba8ed09d 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/LicensesCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/LicensesCommand.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 namespace Composer\Command;
 
 use Composer\Json\JsonFile;
-use Composer\Package\Version\VersionParser;
 use Composer\Plugin\CommandEvent;
 use Composer\Plugin\PluginEvents;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ EOT
         $root = $composer->getPackage();
         $repo = $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getLocalRepository();
 
-        $versionParser = new VersionParser;
-
         if ($input->getOption('no-dev')) {
             $packages = $this->filterRequiredPackages($repo, $root);
         } else {
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ EOT
         switch ($format = $input->getOption('format')) {
             case 'text':
                 $this->getIO()->write('Name: <comment>'.$root->getPrettyName().'</comment>');
-                $this->getIO()->write('Version: <comment>'.$versionParser->formatVersion($root).'</comment>');
+                $this->getIO()->write('Version: <comment>'.$root->getFullPrettyVersion().'</comment>');
                 $this->getIO()->write('Licenses: <comment>'.(implode(', ', $root->getLicense()) ?: 'none').'</comment>');
                 $this->getIO()->write('Dependencies:');
                 $this->getIO()->write('');
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@ EOT
                 foreach ($packages as $package) {
                     $table->addRow(array(
                         $package->getPrettyName(),
-                        $versionParser->formatVersion($package),
+                        $package->getFullPrettyVersion(),
                         implode(', ', $package->getLicense()) ?: 'none',
                     ));
                 }
@@ -92,14 +89,14 @@ EOT
             case 'json':
                 foreach ($packages as $package) {
                     $dependencies[$package->getPrettyName()] = array(
-                        'version' => $versionParser->formatVersion($package),
+                        'version' => $package->getFullPrettyVersion(),
                         'license' => $package->getLicense(),
                     );
                 }
 
                 $this->getIO()->write(JsonFile::encode(array(
                     'name'         => $root->getPrettyName(),
-                    'version'      => $versionParser->formatVersion($root),
+                    'version'      => $root->getFullPrettyVersion(),
                     'license'      => $root->getLicense(),
                     'dependencies' => $dependencies,
                 )));
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
index b4f5de49b..6c768bf60 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ EOT
                 foreach ($packages[$type] as $package) {
                     if (is_object($package)) {
                         $nameLength = max($nameLength, strlen($package->getPrettyName()));
-                        $versionLength = max($versionLength, strlen($this->versionParser->formatVersion($package)));
+                        $versionLength = max($versionLength, strlen($package->getFullPrettyVersion()));
                     } else {
                         $nameLength = max($nameLength, $package);
                     }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ EOT
                         $output->write($indent . str_pad($package->getPrettyName(), $nameLength, ' '), false);
 
                         if ($writeVersion) {
-                            $output->write(' ' . str_pad($this->versionParser->formatVersion($package), $versionLength, ' '), false);
+                            $output->write(' ' . str_pad($package->getFullPrettyVersion(), $versionLength, ' '), false);
                         }
 
                         if ($writeDescription) {
diff --git a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Operation/SolverOperation.php b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Operation/SolverOperation.php
index a4e8384d3..e1a68585e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Operation/SolverOperation.php
+++ b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Operation/SolverOperation.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 namespace Composer\DependencyResolver\Operation;
 
-use Composer\Package\Version\VersionParser;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -46,6 +45,6 @@ abstract class SolverOperation implements OperationInterface
 
     protected function formatVersion(PackageInterface $package)
     {
-        return VersionParser::formatVersion($package);
+        return $package->getFullPrettyVersion();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php
index 04f8fc4b5..0a2c3a6e5 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use Composer\Config;
 use Composer\Cache;
 use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
-use Composer\Package\Version\VersionParser;
 use Composer\Plugin\PluginEvents;
 use Composer\Plugin\PreFileDownloadEvent;
 use Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ class FileDownloader implements DownloaderInterface
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The given package is missing url information');
         }
 
-        $this->io->writeError("  - Installing <info>" . $package->getName() . "</info> (<comment>" . VersionParser::formatVersion($package) . "</comment>)");
+        $this->io->writeError("  - Installing <info>" . $package->getName() . "</info> (<comment>" . $package->getFullPrettyVersion() . "</comment>)");
 
         $urls = $package->getDistUrls();
         while ($url = array_shift($urls)) {
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ class FileDownloader implements DownloaderInterface
      */
     public function remove(PackageInterface $package, $path)
     {
-        $this->io->writeError("  - Removing <info>" . $package->getName() . "</info> (<comment>" . VersionParser::formatVersion($package) . "</comment>)");
+        $this->io->writeError("  - Removing <info>" . $package->getName() . "</info> (<comment>" . $package->getFullPrettyVersion() . "</comment>)");
         if (!$this->filesystem->removeDirectory($path)) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Could not completely delete '.$path.', aborting.');
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php
index 254f6143d..c77dd439b 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace Composer\Downloader;
 
 use Composer\Config;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
-use Composer\Package\Version\VersionParser;
 use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
 use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
 use Composer\Util\Filesystem;
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ abstract class VcsDownloader implements DownloaderInterface, ChangeReportInterfa
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Package '.$package->getPrettyName().' is missing reference information');
         }
 
-        $this->io->writeError("  - Installing <info>" . $package->getName() . "</info> (<comment>" . VersionParser::formatVersion($package) . "</comment>)");
+        $this->io->writeError("  - Installing <info>" . $package->getName() . "</info> (<comment>" . $package->getFullPrettyVersion() . "</comment>)");
         $this->filesystem->emptyDirectory($path);
 
         $urls = $package->getSourceUrls();
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ abstract class VcsDownloader implements DownloaderInterface, ChangeReportInterfa
             }
             $name .= ' '.$initial->getPrettyVersion();
         } else {
-            $from = VersionParser::formatVersion($initial);
-            $to = VersionParser::formatVersion($target);
+            $from = $initial->getFullPrettyVersion();
+            $to = $target->getFullPrettyVersion();
         }
 
         $this->io->writeError("  - Updating <info>" . $name . "</info> (<comment>" . $from . "</comment> => <comment>" . $to . "</comment>)");
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/BasePackageTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/BasePackageTest.php
index 23c656a4e..d8d4ac8ed 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/BasePackageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/BasePackageTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 namespace Composer\Test\Package;
 
+use Composer\Package\BasePackage;
+
 class BasePackageTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function testSetSameRepository()
@@ -37,4 +39,51 @@ class BasePackageTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $package->setRepository($this->getMock('Composer\Repository\RepositoryInterface'));
         $package->setRepository($this->getMock('Composer\Repository\RepositoryInterface'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider formattedVersions
+     */
+    public function testFormatVersionForDevPackage(BasePackage $package, $truncate, $expected)
+    {
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $package->getFullPrettyVersion($truncate));
+    }
+
+    public function formattedVersions()
+    {
+        $data = array(
+            array(
+                'sourceReference' => 'v2.1.0-RC2',
+                'truncate' => true,
+                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion v2.1.0-RC2'
+            ),
+            array(
+                'sourceReference' => 'bbf527a27356414bfa9bf520f018c5cb7af67c77',
+                'truncate' => true,
+                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion bbf527a'
+            ),
+            array(
+                'sourceReference' => 'v1.0.0',
+                'truncate' => false,
+                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion v1.0.0'
+            ),
+            array(
+                'sourceReference' => 'bbf527a27356414bfa9bf520f018c5cb7af67c77',
+                'truncate' => false,
+                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion bbf527a27356414bfa9bf520f018c5cb7af67c77'
+            ),
+        );
+
+        $self = $this;
+        $createPackage = function ($arr) use ($self) {
+            $package = $self->getMockForAbstractClass('\Composer\Package\BasePackage', array(), '', false);
+            $package->expects($self->once())->method('isDev')->will($self->returnValue(true));
+            $package->expects($self->once())->method('getSourceType')->will($self->returnValue('git'));
+            $package->expects($self->once())->method('getPrettyVersion')->will($self->returnValue('PrettyVersion'));
+            $package->expects($self->any())->method('getSourceReference')->will($self->returnValue($arr['sourceReference']));
+
+            return array($package, $arr['truncate'], $arr['expected']);
+        };
+
+        return array_map($createPackage, $data);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionParserTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionParserTest.php
index 18551570d..632727165 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Version/VersionParserTest.php
@@ -21,52 +21,6 @@ use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
 
 class VersionParserTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-    /**
-     * @dataProvider formattedVersions
-     */
-    public function testFormatVersionForDevPackage(PackageInterface $package, $truncate, $expected)
-    {
-        $this->assertSame($expected, VersionParser::formatVersion($package, $truncate));
-    }
-
-    public function formattedVersions()
-    {
-        $data = array(
-            array(
-                'sourceReference' => 'v2.1.0-RC2',
-                'truncate' => true,
-                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion v2.1.0-RC2'
-            ),
-            array(
-                'sourceReference' => 'bbf527a27356414bfa9bf520f018c5cb7af67c77',
-                'truncate' => true,
-                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion bbf527a'
-            ),
-            array(
-                'sourceReference' => 'v1.0.0',
-                'truncate' => false,
-                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion v1.0.0'
-            ),
-            array(
-                'sourceReference' => 'bbf527a27356414bfa9bf520f018c5cb7af67c77',
-                'truncate' => false,
-                'expected' => 'PrettyVersion bbf527a27356414bfa9bf520f018c5cb7af67c77'
-            ),
-        );
-
-        $self = $this;
-        $createPackage = function ($arr) use ($self) {
-            $package = $self->getMockForAbstractClass('\Composer\Package\BasePackage', array(), '', false);
-            $package->expects($self->once())->method('isDev')->will($self->returnValue(true));
-            $package->expects($self->once())->method('getSourceType')->will($self->returnValue('git'));
-            $package->expects($self->once())->method('getPrettyVersion')->will($self->returnValue('PrettyVersion'));
-            $package->expects($self->any())->method('getSourceReference')->will($self->returnValue($arr['sourceReference']));
-
-            return array($package, $arr['truncate'], $arr['expected']);
-        };
-
-        return array_map($createPackage, $data);
-    }
 
     /**
      * @dataProvider numericAliasVersions