diff --git a/src/readme.html b/src/readme.html
index 11a4ca1d40..8f4906425c 100644
--- a/src/readme.html
+++ b/src/readme.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
-
Version 4.7
Semantic Personal Publishing Platform
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/external-http/basic.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/external-http/basic.php
index b8ceb6861a..080a74e743 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/external-http/basic.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/external-http/basic.php
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ class Tests_External_HTTP_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
$this->skipOnAutomatedBranches();
$readme = file_get_contents( ABSPATH . 'readme.html' );
- preg_match( '#
Version (.*)#', $readme, $matches );
- $version = (float) $GLOBALS['wp_version'];
- $this->assertEquals( $version, trim( $matches[1] ), "readme.html's version needs to be updated to $version." );
-
preg_match( '#Recommendations.*PHP version ([0-9.]*)#s', $readme, $matches );
$response = wp_remote_get( 'https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php' );