diff --git a/core/Updater.php b/core/Updater.php
index 0069d1b71bc..692034d5e95 100644
--- a/core/Updater.php
+++ b/core/Updater.php
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@ public function getSqlQueriesToExecute()
                 }
                 $this->hasMajorDbUpdate = $this->hasMajorDbUpdate || call_user_func(array($className, 'isMajorUpdate'));
             }
-            // unfortunately had to extract this query from the Option class
-            $queries[] = 'UPDATE `' . Common::prefixTable('option') . '` '.
-    				'SET option_value = \'' . $fileVersion . '\' '.
-    				'WHERE option_name = \'' . self::getNameInOptionTable($componentName) . '\';';
         }
         return $queries;
     }