diff --git a/src/inkscape-application.cpp b/src/inkscape-application.cpp
index 6a9347c949c9ef0537f32a80121311c9f9640280..149f817ed9fa41606224dbcb0c7e014570fc13de 100644
--- a/src/inkscape-application.cpp
+++ b/src/inkscape-application.cpp
@@ -632,19 +632,6 @@ InkscapeApplication::InkscapeApplication()
             std::cerr << "  tag must be ASCII and not start with a number." << std::endl;
         }
         non_unique = true;
-    } else if (Glib::getenv("SELF_CALL") == "") {
-        // Version protection attempts to refuse to merge with inkscape version
-        // that have a different build/revision hash. This is important for testing.
-        auto test_app = Gio::Application::create(app_id, flags);
-        test_app->register_application();
-        if (test_app->get_default()->is_remote()) {
-            bool enabled;
-            Glib::VariantBase hint;
-            if (!test_app->query_action(Inkscape::inkscape_revision(), enabled, hint)) {
-                Gio::Application::unset_default();
-                app_id += "." + Inkscape::inkscape_revision();
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     if (gtk_init_check(nullptr, nullptr)) {