diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
index 8370b5e8ee..4b6eea6b6e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 new Color4(18, 124, 255, 255),
                 new Color4(242, 24, 57, 255),
             });
-
-            Configuration.ConfigDictionary["Version"] = "2";
         }
 
         public static SkinInfo Info { get; } = new SkinInfo
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkinConfiguration.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkinConfiguration.cs
index 8c87e1d054..cd5975edac 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkinConfiguration.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkinConfiguration.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
     /// </summary>
     public class DefaultSkinConfiguration : SkinConfiguration
     {
-        public DefaultSkinConfiguration(string version)
+        public DefaultSkinConfiguration()
         {
             ComboColours.AddRange(new[]
             {
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 new Color4(18, 124, 255, 255),
                 new Color4(242, 24, 57, 255),
             });
-
-            ConfigDictionary["Version"] = version;
-        }
-
-        public DefaultSkinConfiguration()
-            : this("1")
-        {
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
index cbebdd9bd6..fea15458e4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 using (LineBufferedReader reader = new LineBufferedReader(stream))
                     Configuration = new LegacySkinDecoder().Decode(reader);
             else
-                Configuration = new DefaultSkinConfiguration("latest");
+                Configuration = new DefaultSkinConfiguration();
 
             if (storage != null)
             {
@@ -71,19 +71,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 case GlobalSkinColour colour:
                     return SkinUtils.As<TValue>(getCustomColour(colour.ToString()));
 
-                case LegacySkinConfiguration legacy:
-                    switch (legacy)
-                    {
-                        case LegacySkinConfiguration.LegacyVersion:
-                            var versionString = GetConfig<string, string>("Version")?.Value ?? "1";
-                            if (!double.TryParse(versionString, out double version))
-                                version = versionString == "latest" ? 2.7 : 1.0;
-
-                            return SkinUtils.As<TValue>(new BindableDouble(version));
-                    }
-
-                    break;
-
                 case SkinCustomColourLookup customColour:
                     return SkinUtils.As<TValue>(getCustomColour(customColour.Lookup.ToString()));
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinConfiguration.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinConfiguration.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e75313d0c..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinConfiguration.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
-// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
-
-namespace osu.Game.Skinning
-{
-    public enum LegacySkinConfiguration
-    {
-        LegacyVersion,
-    }
-}