diff --git a/spacy/cli/train.py b/spacy/cli/train.py
index c205fa5b2..590ce4f13 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/train.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/train.py
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ def train(
                     # Update model meta.json
                     meta["lang"] = nlp.lang
                     meta["pipeline"] = nlp.pipe_names
-                    meta["spacy_version"] = about.__version__
                     if beam_width == 1:
                         meta["speed"] = {
                             "nwords": nwords,