diff --git a/lib/workers/package/versions.js b/lib/workers/package/versions.js
index 8abf96d020fa737e06881573895d9c3ab3564f07..faf6df1989951071a9f90354d8493b094ef3fd0e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/package/versions.js
+++ b/lib/workers/package/versions.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ module.exports = {
   determineUpgrades,
   isRange,
   isValidVersion,
-  isFuture,
   isPastLatest,
 };
 
@@ -64,13 +63,6 @@ function determineUpgrades(npmDep, config) {
         stable.is(changeLogFromVersion) &&
         !stable.is(version)
     )
-    // Ignore future versions, unless the current version is marked as future
-    .reject(
-      version =>
-        config.ignoreFuture &&
-        !isFuture(versions[changeLogFromVersion]) &&
-        isFuture(versions[version])
-    )
     // Ignore versions newer than "latest", unless current version is newer than the "latest"
     .reject(
       version =>
@@ -231,12 +223,6 @@ function isValidVersion(input) {
   return (semver.valid(input) || semver.validRange(input)) !== null;
 }
 
-function isFuture(version) {
-  return (
-    version && version.publishConfig && version.publishConfig.tag === 'future'
-  );
-}
-
 function isPastLatest(npmDep, version) {
   if (npmDep['dist-tags'] && npmDep['dist-tags'].latest) {
     return semver.gt(version, npmDep['dist-tags'].latest);
diff --git a/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/versions.spec.js.snap b/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/versions.spec.js.snap
index 90c15995c8513a4e7b6006f62bf1f7207d526616..4d56bf0571648587e3081e707dad9ae90c6821d9 100644
--- a/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/versions.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/versions.spec.js.snap
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ exports[`workers/package/versions .determineUpgrades(npmDep, config) supports >
 Array [
   Object {
     "changeLogFromVersion": "1.4.1",
-    "changeLogToVersion": "2.0.1",
+    "changeLogToVersion": "2.0.3",
     "isMajor": true,
-    "newVersion": "2.0.1",
+    "newVersion": "2.0.3",
     "newVersionMajor": 2,
     "newVersionMinor": 0,
     "type": "major",
@@ -357,21 +357,6 @@ Array [
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`workers/package/versions .determineUpgrades(npmDep, config) supports future versions if configured 1`] = `
-Array [
-  Object {
-    "changeLogFromVersion": "1.4.1",
-    "changeLogToVersion": "2.0.3",
-    "isMajor": true,
-    "newVersion": "2.0.3",
-    "newVersionMajor": 2,
-    "newVersionMinor": 0,
-    "type": "major",
-    "unpublishable": false,
-  },
-]
-`;
-
 exports[`workers/package/versions .determineUpgrades(npmDep, config) supports minor and major upgrades for ranged versions 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {
diff --git a/test/workers/package/versions.spec.js b/test/workers/package/versions.spec.js
index a04e5d8f396cc9b47648da79a31961f8d1d47b47..67faa39b4943d047084fd00bd30311793f3ccead 100644
--- a/test/workers/package/versions.spec.js
+++ b/test/workers/package/versions.spec.js
@@ -177,12 +177,6 @@ describe('workers/package/versions', () => {
       config.currentVersion = '1.4.1';
       expect(versions.determineUpgrades(qJson, config)).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
-    it('supports future versions if configured', () => {
-      config.ignoreFuture = false;
-      config.respectLatest = false;
-      config.currentVersion = '1.4.1';
-      expect(versions.determineUpgrades(qJson, config)).toMatchSnapshot();
-    });
     it('supports future versions if already future', () => {
       config.currentVersion = '^2.0.0';
       expect(versions.determineUpgrades(qJson, config)).toMatchSnapshot();