diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_openbsd/explorer/pkg_version b/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_openbsd/explorer/pkg_version
deleted file mode 100755
index 9b51a588..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_openbsd/explorer/pkg_version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# 2011 Andi Brönnimann (andi-cdist at v-net.ch)
-# Copyright 2017, Philippe Gregoire <pg@pgregoire.xyz>
-# Copyright 2018, Takashi Yoshi <takashi@yoshi.email>
-#
-# This file is part of cdist.
-#
-# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#
-# Retrieve the version of a package - parsed pkg_info output
-#
-
-if [ -f "$__object/parameter/name" ]; then
-   name="$(cat "$__object/parameter/name")"
-else
-   name="$__object_id"
-fi
-
-# Extract version number from pkg_info.
-# Refer to packages-specs(7) for more information regarding the format.
-
-# ATTENTION: If $name is just a stem (e.g. "php" or "python"), there may be
-#            multiple results. pkg_info prints a line for each version.
-
-pkg_info -q -I "inst:$name" | sed -e 's/^\([^-]*-\)*\([0-9][^-]*\).*$/\2/'
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_openbsd/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_openbsd/gencode-remote
index 9b9d8fc3..5a21ce12 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_openbsd/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_pkg_openbsd/gencode-remote
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ fi
 
 state_should=$(cat "${__object}/parameter/state")
 
-pkg_version=$(cat "${__object}/explorer/pkg_version")
-
 if [ -f "${__object}/parameter/pkg_path" ]; then
 	pkg_path=$(cat "${__object}/parameter/pkg_path")
 else