diff --git a/sql/signal_handler.cc b/sql/signal_handler.cc
index 4490aae6b62..7151d489c1a 100644
--- a/sql/signal_handler.cc
+++ b/sql/signal_handler.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ extern "C" sig_handler handle_fatal_signal(int sig)
     "diagnose the problem, but since we have already crashed, \n"
     "something is definitely wrong and this may fail.\n\n");
 
-  set_server_version();
   my_safe_printf_stderr("Server version: %s\n", server_version);
 
   if (dflt_key_cache)