diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
index 34937062e..db0c32388 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;
 
 public interface ElasticsearchPersistentProperty extends PersistentProperty<ElasticsearchPersistentProperty>{
 
-	String getFieldName();
-
-    boolean isVersionProperty();
+    String getFieldName();
 
     public enum PropertyToFieldNameConverter implements Converter<ElasticsearchPersistentProperty, String> {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchEntityInformation.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchEntityInformation.java
index 5fef24a7d..8b2bdc8c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchEntityInformation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchEntityInformation.java
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ public interface ElasticsearchEntityInformation<T, ID extends Serializable> exte
 	String getIdAttribute();
     String getIndexName();
     String getType();
-    String getVersionAttribute();
     Long getVersion(T entity);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/MappingElasticsearchEntityInformation.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/MappingElasticsearchEntityInformation.java
index 66cb43b31..3ce4842de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/MappingElasticsearchEntityInformation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/MappingElasticsearchEntityInformation.java
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ public class MappingElasticsearchEntityInformation<T, ID extends Serializable> e
         return type != null? type : entityMetadata.getIndexType();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getVersionAttribute() {
-        return entityMetadata.getVersionProperty().getFieldName();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Long getVersion(T entity) {
         ElasticsearchPersistentProperty versionProperty = entityMetadata.getVersionProperty();