diff --git a/gramps/cli/clidbman.py b/gramps/cli/clidbman.py
index f9a5a06c8..8c8352745 100644
--- a/gramps/cli/clidbman.py
+++ b/gramps/cli/clidbman.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class CLIDbManager:
         print(_('Gramps Family Trees:'))
         for item in self.current_names:
             (name, dirpath, path_name, last,
-             tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type, version) = item
+             tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type) = item
             if (database_names is None or
                     any([(re.match("^" + dbname + "$", name) or
                           dbname == name)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class CLIDbManager:
         summary_list = []
         for item in self.current_names:
             (name, dirpath, path_name, last,
-             tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type, version) = item
+             tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type) = item
             if (database_names is None or
                     any([(re.match("^" + dbname + "$", name) or
                           dbname == name)
@@ -240,15 +240,6 @@ class CLIDbManager:
                         backend_type = file.read()
                 except:
                     backend_type = "bsddb"
-                try:
-                    with open(os.path.join(dirpath, "bdbversion.txt")) as file:
-                        version = file.read()
-                except:
-                    version = "(0, 0, 0)"
-                try:
-                    version = ast.literal_eval(version)
-                except:
-                    version = (0, 0, 0)
                 if os.path.isfile(path_name):
                     with open(path_name, 'r', encoding='utf8') as file:
                         name = file.readline().strip()
@@ -262,7 +253,7 @@ class CLIDbManager:
 
                     self.current_names.append(
                         (name, os.path.join(dbdir, dpath), path_name,
-                         last, tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type, version))
+                         last, tval, enable, stock_id, backend_type))
 
         self.current_names.sort()
 
diff --git a/gramps/gui/dbman.py b/gramps/gui/dbman.py
index 9657770ca..0cb7207ed 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/dbman.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/dbman.py
@@ -422,9 +422,7 @@ class DbManager(CLIDbManager, ManagedWindow):
         for items in self.current_names:
             data = list(items[:8])
             backend_type = self.get_backend_name_from_dbid(data[BACKEND_COL])
-            version = str(".".join([str(v) for v in items[8]]))
-            node = self.model.append(None, data[:-1] + [backend_type + ", "
-                                                        + version])
+            node = self.model.append(None, data[:-1] + [backend_type])
             # For already loaded database, set current_node:
             if self.dbstate.is_open() and \
                 self.dbstate.db.get_save_path() == data[1]:
@@ -434,7 +432,7 @@ class DbManager(CLIDbManager, ManagedWindow):
                 last_accessed_node = node
             for rdata in find_revisions(os.path.join(items[1], ARCHIVE_V)):
                 data = [rdata[2], rdata[0], items[1], rdata[1], 0, False, "",
-                        backend_type + ", " + version]
+                        backend_type]
                 self.model.append(node, data)
         if self._current_node is None:
             self._current_node = last_accessed_node