diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/updates/flatten.ts b/lib/workers/repository/updates/flatten.ts
index cd63c64371ec0a9e861e4c478d847cfcb1a173d4..f7ad5a6586cfa42cebd9891b3c804f6d4e5df49e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/updates/flatten.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/updates/flatten.ts
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ export async function flattenUpdates(
           for (const update of dep.updates) {
             let updateConfig = mergeChildConfig(depConfig, update);
             delete updateConfig.updates;
-            updateConfig.newVersion =
-              updateConfig.newVersion || updateConfig.newValue;
             if (updateConfig.updateType) {
               updateConfig[`is${upper(updateConfig.updateType)}`] = true;
             }