diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.md
index 5ccad134248f6..5a9ca36ba56f4 100644
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.md
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ export interface SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject<T = unknown>
 |  [migrationVersion](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.migrationversion.md) | <code>SavedObjectsMigrationVersion</code> | Information about the migrations that have been applied to this SavedObject. When Kibana starts up, KibanaMigrator detects outdated documents and migrates them based on this value. For each migration that has been applied, the plugin's name is used as a key and the latest migration version as the value. |
 |  [references](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.references.md) | <code>SavedObjectReference[]</code> |  |
 |  [type](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.type.md) | <code>string</code> |  |
-|  [version](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.version.md) | <code>string</code> |  |
 
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.version.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.version.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ca2a38693d036..0000000000000
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.version.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
-
-[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-core-server](./kibana-plugin-core-server.md) &gt; [SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.md) &gt; [version](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsbulkcreateobject.version.md)
-
-## SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject.version property
-
-<b>Signature:</b>
-
-```typescript
-version?: string;
-```
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.md
index c5201efd0608d..5e9433c5c9196 100644
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.md
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ export interface SavedObjectsCreateOptions extends SavedObjectsBaseOptions
 |  [overwrite](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.overwrite.md) | <code>boolean</code> | Overwrite existing documents (defaults to false) |
 |  [references](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.references.md) | <code>SavedObjectReference[]</code> |  |
 |  [refresh](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.refresh.md) | <code>MutatingOperationRefreshSetting</code> | The Elasticsearch Refresh setting for this operation |
-|  [version](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.version.md) | <code>string</code> | An opaque version number which changes on each successful write operation. Can be used in conjunction with <code>overwrite</code> for implementing optimistic concurrency control. |
 
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.version.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.version.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 51da57064abb9..0000000000000
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.version.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
-
-[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-core-server](./kibana-plugin-core-server.md) &gt; [SavedObjectsCreateOptions](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.md) &gt; [version](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectscreateoptions.version.md)
-
-## SavedObjectsCreateOptions.version property
-
-An opaque version number which changes on each successful write operation. Can be used in conjunction with `overwrite` for implementing optimistic concurrency control.
-
-<b>Signature:</b>
-
-```typescript
-version?: string;
-```
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts
index 4956491a79aa9..6065e03fb1628 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/import_saved_objects.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   SavedObjectsImportOptions,
 } from './types';
 import { validateReferences } from './validate_references';
-import { SavedObject } from '../types';
 
 /**
  * Import saved objects from given stream. See the {@link SavedObjectsImportOptions | options} for more
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ export async function importSavedObjectsFromStream({
   }
 
   // Create objects in bulk
-  const bulkCreateResult = await savedObjectsClient.bulkCreate(omitVersion(filteredObjects), {
+  const bulkCreateResult = await savedObjectsClient.bulkCreate(filteredObjects, {
     overwrite,
     namespace,
   });
@@ -83,7 +82,3 @@ export async function importSavedObjectsFromStream({
     ...(errorAccumulator.length ? { errors: errorAccumulator } : {}),
   };
 }
-
-export function omitVersion(objects: SavedObject[]): SavedObject[] {
-  return objects.map(({ version, ...object }) => object);
-}
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/resolve_import_errors.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/resolve_import_errors.ts
index dce044a31a577..a5175aa080598 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/resolve_import_errors.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/import/resolve_import_errors.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
   SavedObjectsResolveImportErrorsOptions,
 } from './types';
 import { validateReferences } from './validate_references';
-import { omitVersion } from './import_saved_objects';
 
 /**
  * Resolve and return saved object import errors.
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ export async function resolveSavedObjectsImportErrors({
   // Bulk create in two batches, overwrites and non-overwrites
   const { objectsToOverwrite, objectsToNotOverwrite } = splitOverwrites(filteredObjects, retries);
   if (objectsToOverwrite.length) {
-    const bulkCreateResult = await savedObjectsClient.bulkCreate(omitVersion(objectsToOverwrite), {
+    const bulkCreateResult = await savedObjectsClient.bulkCreate(objectsToOverwrite, {
       overwrite: true,
       namespace,
     });
@@ -103,12 +102,9 @@ export async function resolveSavedObjectsImportErrors({
     successCount += bulkCreateResult.saved_objects.filter((obj) => !obj.error).length;
   }
   if (objectsToNotOverwrite.length) {
-    const bulkCreateResult = await savedObjectsClient.bulkCreate(
-      omitVersion(objectsToNotOverwrite),
-      {
-        namespace,
-      }
-    );
+    const bulkCreateResult = await savedObjectsClient.bulkCreate(objectsToNotOverwrite, {
+      namespace,
+    });
     errorAccumulator = [
       ...errorAccumulator,
       ...extractErrors(bulkCreateResult.saved_objects, objectsToNotOverwrite),
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.test.js b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.test.js
index b470ddf8b8cc4..d563edbe66c9b 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.test.js
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.test.js
@@ -472,16 +472,8 @@ describe('SavedObjectsRepository', () => {
       { method, _index = expect.any(String), getId = () => expect.any(String) }
     ) => {
       const body = [];
-      for (const { type, id, if_primary_term: ifPrimaryTerm, if_seq_no: ifSeqNo } of objects) {
-        body.push({
-          [method]: {
-            _index,
-            _id: getId(type, id),
-            ...(ifPrimaryTerm && ifSeqNo
-              ? { if_primary_term: expect.any(Number), if_seq_no: expect.any(Number) }
-              : {}),
-          },
-        });
+      for (const { type, id } of objects) {
+        body.push({ [method]: { _index, _id: getId(type, id) } });
         body.push(expect.any(Object));
       }
       expectClusterCallArgs({ body });
@@ -537,27 +529,6 @@ describe('SavedObjectsRepository', () => {
         expectClusterCallArgsAction([obj1, obj2], { method: 'index' });
       });
 
-      it(`should use the ES index method with version if ID and version are defined and overwrite=true`, async () => {
-        await bulkCreateSuccess(
-          [
-            {
-              ...obj1,
-              version: mockVersion,
-            },
-            obj2,
-          ],
-          { overwrite: true }
-        );
-
-        const obj1WithSeq = {
-          ...obj1,
-          if_seq_no: mockVersionProps._seq_no,
-          if_primary_term: mockVersionProps._primary_term,
-        };
-
-        expectClusterCallArgsAction([obj1WithSeq, obj2], { method: 'index' });
-      });
-
       it(`should use the ES create method if ID is defined and overwrite=false`, async () => {
         await bulkCreateSuccess([obj1, obj2]);
         expectClusterCallArgsAction([obj1, obj2], { method: 'create' });
@@ -1487,15 +1458,6 @@ describe('SavedObjectsRepository', () => {
         expectClusterCalls('index');
       });
 
-      it(`should use the ES index with version if ID and version are defined and overwrite=true`, async () => {
-        await createSuccess(type, attributes, { id, overwrite: true, version: mockVersion });
-        expectClusterCalls('index');
-        expectClusterCallArgs({
-          if_seq_no: mockVersionProps._seq_no,
-          if_primary_term: mockVersionProps._primary_term,
-        });
-      });
-
       it(`should use the ES create action if ID is defined and overwrite=false`, async () => {
         await createSuccess(type, attributes, { id });
         expectClusterCalls('create');
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts
index 173c0c34b9457..7a5ac9204627c 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ export class SavedObjectsRepository {
       overwrite = false,
       references = [],
       refresh = DEFAULT_REFRESH_SETTING,
-      version,
     } = options;
 
     if (!this._allowedTypes.includes(type)) {
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ export class SavedObjectsRepository {
       index: this.getIndexForType(type),
       refresh,
       body: raw._source,
-      ...(overwrite && version ? decodeRequestVersion(version) : {}),
     });
 
     return this._rawToSavedObject<T>({
@@ -341,12 +339,7 @@ export class SavedObjectsRepository {
 
       let savedObjectNamespace;
       let savedObjectNamespaces;
-      let versionProperties;
-      const {
-        esRequestIndex,
-        object: { version, ...object },
-        method,
-      } = expectedBulkGetResult.value;
+      const { esRequestIndex, object, method } = expectedBulkGetResult.value;
       if (esRequestIndex !== undefined) {
         const indexFound = bulkGetResponse.status !== 404;
         const actualResult = indexFound ? bulkGetResponse.docs[esRequestIndex] : undefined;
@@ -363,14 +356,12 @@ export class SavedObjectsRepository {
           };
         }
         savedObjectNamespaces = getSavedObjectNamespaces(namespace, docFound && actualResult);
-        versionProperties = getExpectedVersionProperties(version, actualResult);
       } else {
         if (this._registry.isSingleNamespace(object.type)) {
           savedObjectNamespace = namespace;
         } else if (this._registry.isMultiNamespace(object.type)) {
           savedObjectNamespaces = getSavedObjectNamespaces(namespace);
         }
-        versionProperties = getExpectedVersionProperties(version);
       }
 
       const expectedResult = {
@@ -395,7 +386,6 @@ export class SavedObjectsRepository {
           [method]: {
             _id: expectedResult.rawMigratedDoc._id,
             _index: this.getIndexForType(object.type),
-            ...(overwrite && versionProperties),
           },
         },
         expectedResult.rawMigratedDoc._source
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/saved_objects_client.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/saved_objects_client.ts
index 6a9f4f5143e84..e15a92c92772f 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/saved_objects_client.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/saved_objects_client.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ export interface SavedObjectsCreateOptions extends SavedObjectsBaseOptions {
   id?: string;
   /** Overwrite existing documents (defaults to false) */
   overwrite?: boolean;
-  /**
-   * An opaque version number which changes on each successful write operation.
-   * Can be used in conjunction with `overwrite` for implementing optimistic concurrency control.
-   **/
-  version?: string;
   /** {@inheritDoc SavedObjectsMigrationVersion} */
   migrationVersion?: SavedObjectsMigrationVersion;
   references?: SavedObjectReference[];
@@ -57,7 +52,6 @@ export interface SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject<T = unknown> {
   id?: string;
   type: string;
   attributes: T;
-  version?: string;
   references?: SavedObjectReference[];
   /** {@inheritDoc SavedObjectsMigrationVersion} */
   migrationVersion?: SavedObjectsMigrationVersion;
diff --git a/src/core/server/server.api.md b/src/core/server/server.api.md
index f198ac53be16a..c3cd219f2b8ec 100644
--- a/src/core/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/core/server/server.api.md
@@ -1945,8 +1945,6 @@ export interface SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject<T = unknown> {
     references?: SavedObjectReference[];
     // (undocumented)
     type: string;
-    // (undocumented)
-    version?: string;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -2081,7 +2079,6 @@ export interface SavedObjectsCreateOptions extends SavedObjectsBaseOptions {
     // (undocumented)
     references?: SavedObjectReference[];
     refresh?: MutatingOperationRefreshSetting;
-    version?: string;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/src/plugins/home/server/services/sample_data/routes/install.ts b/src/plugins/home/server/services/sample_data/routes/install.ts
index b94456682afcc..2d1a53fbb09dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/home/server/services/sample_data/routes/install.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/home/server/services/sample_data/routes/install.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export function createInstallRoute(
       let createResults;
       try {
         createResults = await context.core.savedObjects.client.bulkCreate(
-          sampleDataset.savedObjects.map(({ version, ...savedObject }) => savedObject),
+          sampleDataset.savedObjects,
           { overwrite: true }
         );
       } catch (err) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
index 26e30948abfa7..a3fe444b19b1a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import {
 import { deleteKibanaSavedObjectsAssets } from '../../packages/remove';
 import { getInstallationObject, savedObjectTypes } from '../../packages';
 
-type SavedObjectToBe = Required<Omit<SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject, 'version'>> & {
-  type: AssetType;
-};
+type SavedObjectToBe = Required<SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject> & { type: AssetType };
 export type ArchiveAsset = Pick<
   SavedObject,
   'id' | 'attributes' | 'migrationVersion' | 'references'