diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java
index a6f9a14f28b63..f392b1eedc649 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/integration/MonitoringIT.java
@@ -422,9 +422,6 @@ private void assertIndexStatsMonitoringDoc(final Map<String, Object> document) {
         assertThat((String) indexStats.get("uuid"), not(isEmptyOrNullString()));
         assertThat(indexStats.get("created"), notNullValue());
         assertThat((String) indexStats.get("status"), not(isEmptyOrNullString()));
-        assertThat(indexStats.get("version"), notNullValue());
-        final Map<String, Object> version = (Map<String, Object>) indexStats.get("version");
-        assertEquals(2, version.size());
         assertThat(indexStats.get("shards"), notNullValue());
         final Map<String, Object> shards = (Map<String, Object>) indexStats.get("shards");
         assertEquals(11, shards.size());