diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockopt_sk.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockopt_sk.c
index 712df7b49cb1aad7e82a491369500be276f105e3..a40f9ae8343704039e8292307d93a7f26e1e96c3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockopt_sk.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockopt_sk.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
-__u32 _version SEC("version") = 1;
 
 #ifndef PAGE_SIZE
 #define PAGE_SIZE 4096