diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/askbot/schema.cn.xml.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/askbot/schema.cn.xml.erb
index 2666799a80..04143fc623 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/templates/askbot/schema.cn.xml.erb
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/askbot/schema.cn.xml.erb
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@
 
     <field name="title" type="text_en" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="false" />
 
-    <!-- required by solr 4 -->
-    <field name="_version_" type="long" indexed="true" stored="true"/>
-
   </fields>
 
   <!-- field to use to determine and enforce document uniqueness. -->