diff --git a/lib/private/updater.php b/lib/private/updater.php
index d0ca4a5349f382d8d76154ef8ad405409defea63..520afb4d4aa5ef8de6b0c602a58b346563153842 100644
--- a/lib/private/updater.php
+++ b/lib/private/updater.php
@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ class Updater extends BasicEmitter {
 	}
 
 	protected function doCoreUpgrade() {
-		\OC_Config::setValue('version', implode('.', \OC_Util::getVersion()));
-
 		// do the real upgrade
 		\OC_DB::updateDbFromStructure(\OC::$SERVERROOT . '/db_structure.xml');