diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrIndexConfig.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrIndexConfig.java
index 0429d4965ba..cd962af7aa0 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrIndexConfig.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/SolrIndexConfig.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.MergeScheduler;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Sort;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.InfoStream;
-import org.apache.lucene.util.Version;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.Utils;
 import org.apache.solr.core.DirectoryFactory;
@@ -63,9 +62,6 @@ public class SolrIndexConfig implements MapSerializable {
   private static final String DEFAULT_MERGE_POLICY_FACTORY_CLASSNAME = DefaultMergePolicyFactory.class.getName();
   public static final String DEFAULT_MERGE_SCHEDULER_CLASSNAME = ConcurrentMergeScheduler.class.getName();
 
-  @Deprecated
-  public final Version luceneVersion;
-
   public final boolean useCompoundFile;
 
   public final int maxBufferedDocs;
@@ -86,7 +82,6 @@ public class SolrIndexConfig implements MapSerializable {
    * Internal constructor for setting defaults based on Lucene Version
    */
   private SolrIndexConfig(SolrConfig solrConfig) {
-    luceneVersion = solrConfig.luceneMatchVersion;
     useCompoundFile = false;
     maxBufferedDocs = -1;
     ramBufferSizeMB = 100;
@@ -119,8 +114,6 @@ public class SolrIndexConfig implements MapSerializable {
     // config section
     Object unused = solrConfig.getNode(prefix, false);
 
-    luceneVersion = solrConfig.luceneMatchVersion;
-
     // Assert that end-of-life parameters or syntax is not in our config.
     // Warn for luceneMatchVersion's before LUCENE_3_6, fail fast above
     assertWarnOrFail("The <mergeScheduler>myclass</mergeScheduler> syntax is no longer supported in solrconfig.xml. Please use syntax <mergeScheduler class=\"myclass\"/> instead.",