diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchRequest.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchRequest.java
index 6b3e3aba30e..e78b5191087 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchRequest.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/DeleteWatchRequest.java
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@ public class DeleteWatchRequest extends MasterNodeRequest<DeleteWatchRequest> {
         this.id = id;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the version, which will cause the delete operation to only be performed if a matching
-     * version exists and no changes happened on the doc since then.
-     */
-    public long getVersion() {
-        return version;
-    }
-
-    public void setVersion(long version) {
-        this.version = version;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
         ActionRequestValidationException validationException = null;
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequest.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequest.java
index 0458d719a78..762828547ee 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequest.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.uid.Versions;
-import org.elasticsearch.index.VersionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.watch.Watch;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -22,9 +20,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 public class GetWatchRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<GetWatchRequest> {
 
     private String id;
-    private long version = Versions.MATCH_ANY;
-    private VersionType versionType = VersionType.INTERNAL;
-
 
     public GetWatchRequest() {
     }
@@ -61,41 +56,15 @@ public class GetWatchRequest extends MasterNodeReadRequest<GetWatchRequest> {
         return id;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the version, which will cause the delete operation to only be performed if a matching
-     * version exists and no changes happened on the doc since then.
-     */
-    public GetWatchRequest setVersion(long version) {
-        this.version = version;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public long getVersion() {
-        return this.version;
-    }
-
-    public GetWatchRequest setVersionType(VersionType versionType) {
-        this.versionType = versionType;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public VersionType getVersionType() {
-        return this.versionType;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super.readFrom(in);
-        version = in.readLong();
-        versionType = VersionType.fromValue(in.readByte());
         id = in.readString();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         super.writeTo(out);
-        out.writeLong(version);
-        out.writeByte(versionType.getValue());
         out.writeString(id);
     }
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequestBuilder.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequestBuilder.java
index cb266ac8fb4..1a768e4b30a 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchRequestBuilder.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.transport.actions.get;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
-import org.elasticsearch.index.VersionType;
 
 /**
  * A delete document action request builder.
@@ -28,12 +27,4 @@ public class GetWatchRequestBuilder extends MasterNodeReadOperationRequestBuilde
         request.setId(id);
         return this;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the type of versioning to use. Defaults to {@link org.elasticsearch.index.VersionType#INTERNAL}.
-     */
-    public GetWatchRequestBuilder setVersionType(VersionType versionType) {
-        request.setVersionType(versionType);
-        return this;
-    }
 }