diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_ethtool.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_ethtool.c
index 5cfa371b7426..31e019085fc3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_ethtool.c
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ static void qeth_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	strlcpy(info->driver, IS_LAYER2(card) ? "qeth_l2" : "qeth_l3",
 		sizeof(info->driver));
-	strlcpy(info->version, "1.0", sizeof(info->version));
 	strlcpy(info->fw_version, card->info.mcl_level,
 		sizeof(info->fw_version));
 	snprintf(info->bus_info, sizeof(info->bus_info), "%s/%s/%s",