diff --git a/kallithea/__init__.py b/kallithea/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ else:
 
 
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(each) for each in VERSION)
-__dbversion__ = 31  # defines current db version for migrations
 __platform__ = platform.system()
 __license__ = 'GPLv3'
 __py_version__ = sys.version_info
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py b/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/db_manage.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from os.path import dirname
 import alembic.config
 import alembic.command
 
-from kallithea import __dbversion__, __py_version__
+from kallithea import __py_version__
 from kallithea.lib.paster_commands.common import ask_ok
 from kallithea.model.user import UserModel
 from kallithea.model import init_model