diff --git a/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.cpp b/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.cpp
index 52f9b7d66b9a6231fbcc61c8f510029f498e03cd..3c9711f385e553d901973494297cf87284d55634 100644
--- a/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.cpp
@@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ int ObConfigManager::update_local(int64_t expected_version)
             system_config_.get_version(),
             "current_version",
             current_version_,
-            "newest_version",
-            newest_version_,
             "expected_version",
             expected_version);
       } else {
@@ -370,26 +368,16 @@ int ObConfigManager::got_version(int64_t version, const bool remove_repeat /* =
   } else if (version < current_version_) {
     LOG_WARN("Local config is newer than rs, weird", K_(current_version), K(version));
   } else if (version > current_version_) {
-    mutex_.lock();
-    if (version > newest_version_) {
-      // local:current_version_, newest:newest_version, got:version
-      LOG_INFO("Got new config version", K_(current_version), K_(newest_version), K(version));
-      newest_version_ = version;  // for rootserver hb to others
-      update_task_.update_local_ = true;
-      schedule_task = true;
-    } else if (version < newest_version_) {
-      // In order to prevent the new version from being
-      // overwritten by the old version, take the latest value here
-      version = newest_version_;
-    }
-    mutex_.unlock();
+    // local:current_version_, got:version
+    LOG_INFO("Got new config version", K_(current_version), K(version));
+    update_task_.update_local_ = true;
+    schedule_task = true;
   }
 
   if (schedule_task) {
     bool schedule = true;
     if (!inited_) {
       // if got a config version before manager init, ignore this version
-      newest_version_ = current_version_;
       schedule = false;
       ret = OB_NOT_INIT;
       LOG_WARN("Couldn't update config because timer is NULL", K(ret));
@@ -409,7 +397,7 @@ int ObConfigManager::got_version(int64_t version, const bool remove_repeat /* =
       int tmp_ret = TG_TASK_EXIST(lib::TGDefIDs::CONFIG_MGR, update_task_, task_exist);
       if (task_exist) {
         TG_CANCEL(lib::TGDefIDs::CONFIG_MGR, update_task_);
-        LOG_INFO("Cancel pending update task", K(tmp_ret), K_(current_version), K_(newest_version), K(version));
+        LOG_INFO("Cancel pending update task", K(tmp_ret), K_(current_version), K(version));
       }
     }
 
@@ -441,7 +429,7 @@ void ObConfigManager::UpdateTask::runTimerTask()
     THIS_WORKER.set_timeout_ts(INT64_MAX);
     if (config_mgr_->current_version_ == version) {
       ret = OB_ALREADY_DONE;
-    } else if (config_mgr_->newest_version_ > version) {
+    } else if (config_mgr_->current_version_ > version) {
       ret = OB_CANCELED;
     } else if (update_local_) {
       config_mgr_->current_version_ = version;
@@ -469,8 +457,6 @@ void ObConfigManager::UpdateTask::runTimerTask()
             old_current_version,
             "current_version",
             config_mgr_->current_version_,
-            "newest_version",
-            config_mgr_->newest_version_,
             "expected_version",
             version);
       }
diff --git a/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.h b/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.h
index ecdfbfca974b7b74c1daec586ba38dc7bbad4f2c..9bfe82aee2e700242f81dd187079408ac5299feb 100644
--- a/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.h
+++ b/src/share/config/ob_config_manager.h
@@ -85,11 +85,9 @@ private:
   ObMySQLProxy* sql_proxy_;
   ObSystemConfig system_config_;
   ObServerConfig& server_config_;
-  int64_t newest_version_;
   int64_t current_version_;
   char dump_path_[OB_MAX_FILE_NAME_LENGTH];
   ObReloadConfig& reload_config_func_;
-  obutil::Mutex mutex_;
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ObConfigManager);
 };
 
@@ -101,10 +99,8 @@ inline ObConfigManager::ObConfigManager(ObServerConfig& server_config, ObReloadC
       sql_proxy_(NULL),
       system_config_(),
       server_config_(server_config),
-      newest_version_(1),
       current_version_(1),
-      reload_config_func_(reload_config),
-      mutex_()
+      reload_config_func_(reload_config)
 {
   dump_path_[0] = '\0';
 }
@@ -114,11 +110,6 @@ inline int64_t ObConfigManager::get_current_version() const
   return current_version_;
 }
 
-inline const int64_t& ObConfigManager::get_version() const
-{
-  return newest_version_;
-}
-
 inline ObServerConfig& ObConfigManager::get_config(void)
 {
   return server_config_;