diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java
index 76c0d8d19d3..3adb6d98c0c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/VersionTests.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
 public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
-    
+
     public void testMavenVersion() {
         // maven sets this property to ensure that the latest version
         // we use here is the version that is actually set to the project.version
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
         assumeTrue("tests.version is set", property != null);
         assertEquals(property, Version.CURRENT.toString());
     }
-    
+
     public void testVersionComparison() throws Exception {
         assertThat(V_0_20_0.before(V_0_90_0), is(true));
         assertThat(V_0_20_0.before(V_0_20_0), is(false));
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(V_0_20_0.onOrAfter(V_0_20_0), is(true));
         assertThat(V_0_90_0.onOrAfter(V_0_20_0), is(true));
     }
-    
+
     public void testVersionConstantPresent() {
         assertThat(Version.CURRENT, sameInstance(Version.fromId(Version.CURRENT.id)));
         assertThat(Version.CURRENT.luceneVersion, equalTo(org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LATEST));
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
     public void testVersionFromString() {
         final int iters = scaledRandomIntBetween(100, 1000);
         for (int i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
         final Version version = randomFrom(Version.V_0_18_0, Version.V_0_90_13, Version.V_1_3_0);
         assertEquals(version, Version.indexCreated(Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_INDEX_UUID, "foo").put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, version).build()));
     }
-    
+
     public void testMinCompatVersion() {
         assertThat(Version.V_2_0_0_beta1.minimumCompatibilityVersion(), equalTo(Version.V_2_0_0_beta1));
         assertThat(Version.V_1_3_0.minimumCompatibilityVersion(), equalTo(Version.V_1_0_0));
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertTrue(Version.V_1_4_0_Beta1.isBeta());
         assertFalse(Version.V_1_4_0.isBeta());
     }
-    
+
     public void testParseVersion() {
         final int iters = scaledRandomIntBetween(100, 1000);
         for (int i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
             assertEquals(version.snapshot(), parsedVersion.snapshot());
         }
     }
-    
+
     public void testParseLenient() {
         // note this is just a silly sanity check, we test it in lucene
         for (Version version : VersionUtils.allVersions()) {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
             assertThat(luceneVersion, Matchers.equalTo(Lucene.parseVersionLenient(string, null)));
         }
     }
-    
+
     public void testAllVersionsMatchId() throws Exception {
         Map<String, Version> maxBranchVersions = new HashMap<>();
         for (java.lang.reflect.Field field : Version.class.getDeclaredFields()) {
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
                 assertTrue(field.getName() + " should be static", Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers()));
                 assertTrue(field.getName() + " should be final", Modifier.isFinal(field.getModifiers()));
                 int versionId = (Integer)field.get(Version.class);
-                
+
                 String constantName = field.getName().substring(0, field.getName().length() - 3);
                 java.lang.reflect.Field versionConstant = Version.class.getField(constantName);
                 assertTrue(constantName + " should be static", Modifier.isStatic(versionConstant.getModifiers()));
                 assertTrue(constantName + " should be final", Modifier.isFinal(versionConstant.getModifiers()));
-           
+
                 Version v = (Version) versionConstant.get(Version.class);
                 logger.info("Checking " + v);
                 assertEquals("Version id " + field.getName() + " does not point to " + constantName, v, Version.fromId(versionId));
@@ -200,13 +200,9 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
                 } else {
                     assertEquals("V_" + v.number().replace('.', '_'), constantName);
                 }
-                
+
                 // only the latest version for a branch should be a snapshot (ie unreleased)
                 String branchName = "" + v.major + "." + v.minor;
-                if (v.equals(Version.V_2_0_0_beta1)) {
-                    assertTrue("Remove this once beta1 is released", v.snapshot());
-                    continue; // this is just a temporary fix until we have a snapshot for the beta since we now have 2 unreleased version of the same major.minor group
-                }
                 Version maxBranchVersion = maxBranchVersions.get(branchName);
                 if (maxBranchVersion == null) {
                     maxBranchVersions.put(branchName, v);