diff --git a/core/modules/entity_reference/tests/modules/entity_reference_test/config/views.view.test_entity_reference.yml b/core/modules/entity_reference/tests/modules/entity_reference_test/config/views.view.test_entity_reference.yml
index 94d1329d9c3..74afdde3567 100644
--- a/core/modules/entity_reference/tests/modules/entity_reference_test/config/views.view.test_entity_reference.yml
+++ b/core/modules/entity_reference/tests/modules/entity_reference_test/config/views.view.test_entity_reference.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-api_version: '3.0'
 base_field: nid
 base_table: node
 core: 8.x
diff --git a/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.schema.yml b/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.schema.yml
index 463eb6311ae..fe09a6537a2 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.schema.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.schema.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ views.view.*:
     status:
       type: boolean
       label: 'Status'
-    api_version:
-      label: 'API version'
     module:
       label: 'Module'
     name:
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_invalid.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_invalid.yml
index 5c0c76da101..30e57f0252e 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_invalid.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_invalid.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-api_version: '3.0'
 base_table: node
 core: '8'
 description: ''
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_mini_pager.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_mini_pager.yml
index 948327458e2..1edcc486f47 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_mini_pager.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_mini_pager.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ description: ''
 tag: ''
 label: test_mini_pager
 core: 8.x
-api_version: '3.0'
 display:
   default:
     display_plugin: default