diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 264c696..1bb7290 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ check_gold gold-67-wf.txt           tests/input-{6,7}.txt --cols=80 --whole-file
 check_gold gold-67-ln.txt           tests/input-{6,7}.txt --cols=80 --line-numbers
 check_gold gold-67-u3.txt           tests/input-{6,7}.txt --cols=80 -U 3
 
-if [ $(./icdiff --version | awk '{print $NF}') != $(head -n 1 ChangeLog) ]; then
-  echo "Version mismatch between ChangeLog and icdiff source."
-  fail
-fi
-
 if ! $REGOLD; then
   echo PASS
 fi
