diff --git a/exercises/client-args.sh b/exercises/client-args.sh
index c33ef44e9a..7cfef1c807 100755
--- a/exercises/client-args.sh
+++ b/exercises/client-args.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ unset NOVA_PROJECT_ID
 unset NOVA_REGION_NAME
 unset NOVA_URL
 unset NOVA_USERNAME
-unset NOVA_VERSION
 
 # Save the known variables for later
 export x_TENANT_NAME=$OS_TENANT_NAME
diff --git a/exercises/client-env.sh b/exercises/client-env.sh
index 4a0609a944..1d2f4f5689 100755
--- a/exercises/client-env.sh
+++ b/exercises/client-env.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ unset NOVA_PROJECT_ID
 unset NOVA_REGION_NAME
 unset NOVA_URL
 unset NOVA_USERNAME
-unset NOVA_VERSION
 
 for i in OS_TENANT_NAME OS_USERNAME OS_PASSWORD OS_AUTH_URL; do
     is_set $i
@@ -101,9 +100,6 @@ if [[ "$ENABLED_SERVICES" =~ "n-api" ]]; then
             STATUS_EC2="Failed"
             RETURN=1
         fi
-
-        # Clean up side effects
-        unset NOVA_VERSION
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/openrc b/openrc
index 71ba5a6ea5..9bc0fd77f4 100644
--- a/openrc
+++ b/openrc
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ if [[ ! -v OS_CACERT ]] ; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# Currently novaclient needs you to specify the *compute api* version.  This
-# needs to match the config of your catalog returned by Keystone.
-export NOVA_VERSION=${NOVA_VERSION:-1.1}
-# In the future this will change names:
-export COMPUTE_API_VERSION=${COMPUTE_API_VERSION:-$NOVA_VERSION}
-
 # Currently cinderclient needs you to specify the *volume api* version. This
 # needs to match the config of your catalog returned by Keystone.
 export CINDER_VERSION=${CINDER_VERSION:-2}