diff --git a/doc/upgrades.mdwn b/doc/upgrades.mdwn
index 9e2e28858c..930e571a5a 100644
--- a/doc/upgrades.mdwn
+++ b/doc/upgrades.mdwn
@@ -156,7 +156,3 @@ Involved a reorganisation of the layout of .git/annex/. Symlinks changed.
 
 Handled more or less transparently, although git-annex was just 2 weeks
 old at the time, and had few users other than Joey.
-
-Before doing this upgrade, set annex.version:
-
-	git config annex.version 0