diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index 2783f83fd60..6499204c8f3 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ public:
     unsigned int m_unknown_records{0};
     bool fIsEncrypted{false};
     bool fAnyUnordered{false};
-    int nFileVersion{0};
     std::vector<uint256> vWalletUpgrade;
 
     CWalletScanState() {
@@ -376,12 +375,6 @@ ReadKeyValue(CWallet* pwallet, CDataStream& ssKey, CDataStream& ssValue,
 
             pwallet->LoadKeyPool(nIndex, keypool);
         }
-        else if (strType == "version")
-        {
-            ssValue >> wss.nFileVersion;
-            if (wss.nFileVersion == 10300)
-                wss.nFileVersion = 300;
-        }
         else if (strType == "cscript")
         {
             uint160 hash;
@@ -419,7 +412,7 @@ ReadKeyValue(CWallet* pwallet, CDataStream& ssKey, CDataStream& ssValue,
                 return false;
             }
         } else if (strType != "bestblock" && strType != "bestblock_nomerkle" &&
-                strType != "minversion" && strType != "acentry") {
+                strType != "minversion" && strType != "acentry" && strType != "version") {
             wss.m_unknown_records++;
         }
     } catch (...)
@@ -512,7 +505,11 @@ DBErrors WalletBatch::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
     if (result != DBErrors::LOAD_OK)
         return result;
 
-    pwallet->WalletLogPrintf("nFileVersion = %d\n", wss.nFileVersion);
+    // Last client version to open this wallet, was previously the file version number
+    int last_client = CLIENT_VERSION;
+    ReadVersion(last_client);
+
+    pwallet->WalletLogPrintf("nFileVersion = %d\n", last_client);
 
     pwallet->WalletLogPrintf("Keys: %u plaintext, %u encrypted, %u w/ metadata, %u total. Unknown wallet records: %u\n",
            wss.nKeys, wss.nCKeys, wss.nKeyMeta, wss.nKeys + wss.nCKeys, wss.m_unknown_records);
@@ -525,10 +522,10 @@ DBErrors WalletBatch::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
         WriteTx(pwallet->mapWallet.at(hash));
 
     // Rewrite encrypted wallets of versions 0.4.0 and 0.5.0rc:
-    if (wss.fIsEncrypted && (wss.nFileVersion == 40000 || wss.nFileVersion == 50000))
+    if (wss.fIsEncrypted && (last_client == 40000 || last_client == 50000))
         return DBErrors::NEED_REWRITE;
 
-    if (wss.nFileVersion < CLIENT_VERSION) // Update
+    if (last_client < CLIENT_VERSION) // Update
         WriteVersion(CLIENT_VERSION);
 
     if (wss.fAnyUnordered)