diff --git a/contracts/BaseDocumentStore.sol b/contracts/BaseDocumentStore.sol
index 5edcffc..249888d 100644
--- a/contracts/BaseDocumentStore.sol
+++ b/contracts/BaseDocumentStore.sol
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ contract BaseDocumentStore is Initializable {
    */
   string public name;
 
-  /**
-   * @notice The version of the contract
-   */
-  string public version;
-
   /**
    * @notice A mapping of the document hash to the block number that was issued
    */
@@ -47,7 +42,6 @@ contract BaseDocumentStore is Initializable {
    * @param _name The name of the contract
    */
   function __BaseDocumentStore_init(string memory _name) internal onlyInitializing {
-    version = "2.3.0";
     name = _name;
   }