diff --git a/ccollect b/ccollect
index 2deaa2d..39799cd 100755
--- a/ccollect
+++ b/ccollect
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ TMP="$(mktemp "/tmp/${__myname}.XXXXXX")"
 export TMP
 CONTROL_PIPE="/tmp/${__myname}-control-pipe"
 
-VERSION="2.10"
-RELEASE="2020-08-26"
+VERSION="2.8"
+RELEASE="2019-11-26"
 HALF_VERSION="ccollect ${VERSION}"
 FULL_VERSION="ccollect ${VERSION} (${RELEASE})"
 
@@ -824,11 +824,6 @@ while [ "${source_no}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
     rsync "$@" "${source}" "${destination_dir}"; ret=$?
     _techo "Finished backup (rsync return code: $ret)."
 
-    #
-    # export rsync return code, might be useful in post_exec
-    #
-    export rsync_return_code=$ret
-
     #
     # Set modification time (mtime) to current time, if sorting by mtime is enabled
     #
@@ -861,16 +856,6 @@ while [ "${source_no}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
         _techo "Warning: rsync failed with return code $ret."
     fi
 
-    #
-    # Create symlink to newest backup
-    #
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2010
-    latest_dir="$(ls -${TSORT}p1 "${ddir}" | grep '/$' | head -n 1)" || \
-        _exit_err "Failed to list content of ${ddir}."
-
-    ln -snf "${ddir}${latest_dir}" "${ddir}current" || \
-        _exit_err "Failed to create 'current' symlink."
-
     #
     # post_exec
     #
diff --git a/doc/ccollect.text b/doc/ccollect.text
index f075b9a..84c326e 100644
--- a/doc/ccollect.text
+++ b/doc/ccollect.text
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ccollect - Installing, Configuring and Using
 ============================================
 Nico Schottelius <nico-ccollect__@__schottelius.org>
-2.10, for ccollect 2.10, Initial Version from 2006-01-13
+2.8, for ccollect 2.8, Initial Version from 2006-01-13
 :Author Initials: NS
 
 
diff --git a/doc/changes/2.10 b/doc/changes/2.10
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d1e85d..0000000
--- a/doc/changes/2.10
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* Add 'current' symlink to backup destinations (Steffen Zieger)
diff --git a/doc/changes/2.9 b/doc/changes/2.9
deleted file mode 100644
index 45097c7..0000000
--- a/doc/changes/2.9
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* Make rsync return code available in post_exec (Steffen Zieger)