diff --git a/application/utils.inc.php b/application/utils.inc.php
index 90fef1059..273345039 100644
--- a/application/utils.inc.php
+++ b/application/utils.inc.php
@@ -2247,38 +2247,18 @@ class utils
 
 	/**
 	 * @return string eg : '2_7_0' iTop core version is '2.7.1-dev'
+	 * @throws \ApplicationException if constant value is invalid
+	 * @uses ITOP_CORE_VERSION
 	 */
 	public static function GetItopVersionWikiSyntax()
 	{
-		$sMinorVersion = self::GetItopMinorVersion();
-		return str_replace('.', '_', $sMinorVersion).'_0';
-	}
+		$aExplodedVersion = explode('.', ITOP_CORE_VERSION);
 
-	/**
-	 * @return string eg 2.7 if iTop core version is '2.7.0-dev'
-	 * @throws \Exception
-	 */
-	public static function GetItopMinorVersion()
-	{
-		$sPatchVersion = self::GetItopPatchVersion();
-		$aExplodedVersion = explode('.', $sPatchVersion);
-
-		if (empty($aExplodedVersion[0]) || empty($aExplodedVersion[1]))
-		{
-			throw new Exception('iTop version is wrongfully configured!');
+		if (empty($aExplodedVersion[0]) || empty($aExplodedVersion[1])) {
+			throw new ApplicationException('iTop version is wrongfully configured!');
 		}
 
-		return sprintf('%d.%d', $aExplodedVersion[0], $aExplodedVersion[1]);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @return string eg '2.7.0' if iTop core version is '2.7.0-dev'
-	 * @uses ITOP_CORE_VERSION
-	 */
-	public static function GetItopPatchVersion()
-	{
-		$aExplodedVersion = explode('-', ITOP_CORE_VERSION);
-		return $aExplodedVersion[0];
+		return "{$aExplodedVersion[0]}_{$aExplodedVersion[1]}_0";
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/approot.inc.php b/approot.inc.php
index e56fe770e..dae2341e2 100644
--- a/approot.inc.php
+++ b/approot.inc.php
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ define('APPCONF', APPROOT.'conf/');
  * When releasing, both constants should be updated : see `.make/release/update-versions.php` for that !
  *
  * @since 2.7.7 3.0.1 3.1.0 N°4714 constant creation
- * @used-by utils::GetItopPatchVersion
+ * @used-by utils::GetItopVersionWikiSyntax()
+ * @used-by iTopModulesPhpVersionIntegrationTest
  */
 define('ITOP_CORE_VERSION', '2.7.7');
 
diff --git a/test/integration/iTopModulesPhpVersionChecklistTest.php b/test/integration/iTopModulesPhpVersionChecklistTest.php
index c99008644..421699618 100644
--- a/test/integration/iTopModulesPhpVersionChecklistTest.php
+++ b/test/integration/iTopModulesPhpVersionChecklistTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class iTopModulesPhpVersionIntegrationTest extends ItopTestCase
 	 * @group skipPostBuild
 	 *
 	 * @dataProvider iTopModulesPhpVersionProvider
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.7.7 3.0.1 3.1.0 N°4714 uses new {@link ITOP_CORE_VERSION} constant
 	 */
 	public function testiTopModulesPhpVersion($sExpectedVersion, $sPhpFile)
 	{
@@ -51,9 +53,8 @@ class iTopModulesPhpVersionIntegrationTest extends ItopTestCase
 			$matches
 		);
 
-		$this->assertRegExp("#$sExpectedVersion#", $matches[1],
-			" $sPhpFile:2 file refer does not refer to current itop version ($sModuleName/$matches[1] does not match regexp $sModuleName/$sExpectedVersion)");
-
+		$this->assertSame($sExpectedVersion, $matches[1],
+			'Module desc file does not contain the same version as the core: '.$sPhpFile);
 	}
 
 	public function iTopModulesPhpVersionProvider()
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class iTopModulesPhpVersionIntegrationTest extends ItopTestCase
 		$sPath = $DatamodelsPath.'/*/module.*.php';
 		$aPhpFiles = glob($sPath);
 
-		$sExpectedVersion = \utils::GetItopMinorVersion().'\.\d+'; // ie: 2.7\.\d+   (and yes, the 1st dot should be escaped, but, hey, it is good enough as it, ans less complex to read)
+		$sExpectedVersion = ITOP_CORE_VERSION;
 
 		$aTestCases = array();
 		foreach ($aPhpFiles as $sPhpFile) {