diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation_control.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation_control.py
index a2521d4511d84483a0530c7c748522f461bd49ac..2b7b6690b33fe7e6eaa5df4937cbcd4a3e2b37c6 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation_control.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/observation_control.py
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ class ObservationControl(lofar_device):
     VALIDATOR = Draft7Validator(OBSERVATION_SETTINGS_SCHEMA, format_checker=FormatChecker())
 
     # Attributes
-    version_R = attribute(dtype = str, access = AttrWriteType.READ, fget = lambda self: version)
     running_observations_R = attribute(dtype = (numpy.int64, ), access = AttrWriteType.READ)
 
     # Core functions