diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
index 4807b78bcd..98c4f04e8f 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ BerkeleyBatch::BerkeleyBatch(BerkeleyDatabase& database, const char* pszMode, bo
             if (fCreate && !Exists(std::string("version"))) {
                 bool fTmp = fReadOnly;
                 fReadOnly = false;
-                WriteVersion(CLIENT_VERSION);
+                Write(std::string("version"), CLIENT_VERSION);
                 fReadOnly = fTmp;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/wallet/db.h b/src/wallet/db.h
index 8a8b8d4867..9035424b38 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.h
+++ b/src/wallet/db.h
@@ -406,17 +406,6 @@ public:
         return (ret == 0);
     }
 
-    bool ReadVersion(int& nVersion)
-    {
-        nVersion = 0;
-        return Read(std::string("version"), nVersion);
-    }
-
-    bool WriteVersion(int nVersion)
-    {
-        return Write(std::string("version"), nVersion);
-    }
-
     bool static Rewrite(BerkeleyDatabase& database, const char* pszSkip = nullptr);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index b50f5cacea..913ff883d0 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ public:
     unsigned int m_unknown_records{0};
     bool fIsEncrypted{false};
     bool fAnyUnordered{false};
-    int nFileVersion{0};
     std::vector<uint256> vWalletUpgrade;
 
     CWalletScanState() {
@@ -394,12 +393,6 @@ ReadKeyValue(CWallet* pwallet, CDataStream& ssKey, CDataStream& ssValue,
             ssValue >> keypool;
             pwallet->LoadKeyPool(nIndex, keypool);
         }
-        else if (strType == "version")
-        {
-            ssValue >> wss.nFileVersion;
-            if (wss.nFileVersion == 10300)
-                wss.nFileVersion = 300;
-        }
         else if (strType == "cscript")
         {
             uint160 hash;
@@ -485,9 +478,8 @@ ReadKeyValue(CWallet* pwallet, CDataStream& ssKey, CDataStream& ssValue,
                 strErr = "Error reading wallet database: Unknown non-tolerable wallet flags found";
                 return false;
             }
-        }
-        else if (strType != "bestblock" && strType != "bestblock_nomerkle" &&
-                strType != "minversion" && strType != "acentry"){
+        } else if (strType != "bestblock" && strType != "bestblock_nomerkle" &&
+                strType != "minversion" && strType != "acentry" && strType != "version") {
             wss.m_unknown_records++;
         }
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
@@ -590,7 +582,12 @@ DBErrors WalletBatch::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
     if (result != DBErrors::LOAD_OK)
         return result;
 
-    pwallet->WalletLogPrintf("nFileVersion = %d\n", wss.nFileVersion);
+    // Last client version to open this wallet, was previously the file version number
+    int last_client = CLIENT_VERSION;
+    m_batch.Read(std::string("version"), last_client);
+
+    int wallet_version = pwallet->GetVersion();
+    pwallet->WalletLogPrintf("Wallet File Version = %d\n", wallet_version > 0 ? wallet_version : last_client);
 
     pwallet->WalletLogPrintf("Keys: %u plaintext, %u encrypted, %u total; Watch scripts: %u; HD PubKeys: %u; Metadata: %u; Unknown wallet records: %u\n",
            wss.nKeys, wss.nCKeys, wss.nKeys + wss.nCKeys,
@@ -604,11 +601,11 @@ DBErrors WalletBatch::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
         WriteTx(pwallet->mapWallet.at(hash));
 
     // Rewrite encrypted wallets of versions 0.4.0 and 0.5.0rc:
-    if (wss.fIsEncrypted && (wss.nFileVersion == 40000 || wss.nFileVersion == 50000))
+    if (wss.fIsEncrypted && (last_client == 40000 || last_client == 50000))
         return DBErrors::NEED_REWRITE;
 
-    if (wss.nFileVersion < CLIENT_VERSION) // Update
-        WriteVersion(CLIENT_VERSION);
+    if (last_client < CLIENT_VERSION) // Update
+        m_batch.Write(std::string("version"), CLIENT_VERSION);
 
     if (wss.fAnyUnordered)
         result = pwallet->ReorderTransactions();
@@ -856,13 +853,3 @@ bool WalletBatch::TxnAbort()
 {
     return m_batch.TxnAbort();
 }
-
-bool WalletBatch::ReadVersion(int& nVersion)
-{
-    return m_batch.ReadVersion(nVersion);
-}
-
-bool WalletBatch::WriteVersion(int nVersion)
-{
-    return m_batch.WriteVersion(nVersion);
-}
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.h b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
index ee9d1b4786..2fd35afee8 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
@@ -192,10 +192,6 @@ public:
     bool TxnCommit();
     //! Abort current transaction
     bool TxnAbort();
-    //! Read wallet version
-    bool ReadVersion(int& nVersion);
-    //! Write wallet version
-    bool WriteVersion(int nVersion);
 private:
     BerkeleyBatch m_batch;
     WalletDatabase& m_database;