diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/rpc/shared/IDssServiceRpcGeneric.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/rpc/shared/IDssServiceRpcGeneric.java
index 64271f369b0dfb919f58b6cc3cbe89a37d779852..df97ba9cf67cc002a161dc259239e7502bc30ab8 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/rpc/shared/IDssServiceRpcGeneric.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/rpc/shared/IDssServiceRpcGeneric.java
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.base.exceptions.IOExceptionUnchecked;
  */
 public interface IDssServiceRpcGeneric extends IDssServiceRpc
 {
-    //
-    // Protocol versioning
-    //
-    /** The version of this service interface. */
-    public static final int VERSION = 1;
-
     /**
      * Get an array of FileInfoDss objects that describe the file-system structure of the data set.
      *