diff --git a/ts/background.ts b/ts/background.ts
index 26283fee5..879771ec8 100644
--- a/ts/background.ts
+++ b/ts/background.ts
@@ -2911,7 +2911,6 @@ export async function startApp(): Promise<void> {
     const NUMBER_ID_KEY = 'number_id';
     const UUID_ID_KEY = 'uuid_id';
     const PNI_KEY = 'pni';
-    const VERSION_KEY = 'version';
     const LAST_PROCESSED_INDEX_KEY = 'attachmentMigration_lastProcessedIndex';
     const IS_MIGRATION_COMPLETE_KEY = 'attachmentMigration_isComplete';
 
@@ -2968,7 +2967,6 @@ export async function startApp(): Promise<void> {
       } else {
         await window.textsecure.storage.remove(LAST_PROCESSED_INDEX_KEY);
       }
-      await window.textsecure.storage.put(VERSION_KEY, window.getVersion());
 
       // Re-hydrate items from memory; removeAllConfiguration above changed database
       await window.storage.fetch();
diff --git a/ts/types/StorageUIKeys.ts b/ts/types/StorageUIKeys.ts
index a4ab8e5e7..5ddc6863a 100644
--- a/ts/types/StorageUIKeys.ts
+++ b/ts/types/StorageUIKeys.ts
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ export const STORAGE_UI_KEYS: ReadonlyArray<keyof StorageAccessType> = [
   'system-tray-setting',
   'textFormatting',
   'theme-setting',
+  'version',
   'zoomFactor',
 ];