diff --git a/daemon/containerd/imagespec.go b/daemon/containerd/imagespec.go
index c251773811..ef516198a9 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/imagespec.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/imagespec.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/network"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/image"
-	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/dockerversion"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
 
@@ -18,13 +17,12 @@ import (
 // - Details
 func dockerOciImageToDockerImagePartial(id image.ID, img dockerspec.DockerOCIImage) *image.Image {
 	v1Image := image.V1Image{
-		DockerVersion: dockerversion.Version,
-		Config:        dockerOCIImageConfigToContainerConfig(img.Config),
-		Architecture:  img.Platform.Architecture,
-		Variant:       img.Platform.Variant,
-		OS:            img.Platform.OS,
-		Author:        img.Author,
-		Created:       img.Created,
+		Config:       dockerOCIImageConfigToContainerConfig(img.Config),
+		Architecture: img.Platform.Architecture,
+		Variant:      img.Platform.Variant,
+		OS:           img.Platform.OS,
+		Author:       img.Author,
+		Created:      img.Created,
 	}
 
 	out := image.NewImage(id)
diff --git a/daemon/images/image_import.go b/daemon/images/image_import.go
index 5ef0b9ca99..a7abd47c82 100644
--- a/daemon/images/image_import.go
+++ b/daemon/images/image_import.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/builder/dockerfile"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/image"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/layer"
-	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/errdefs"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
@@ -53,13 +52,12 @@ func (i *ImageService) ImportImage(ctx context.Context, newRef reference.Named,
 	created := time.Now().UTC()
 	imgConfig, err := json.Marshal(&image.Image{
 		V1Image: image.V1Image{
-			DockerVersion: dockerversion.Version,
-			Config:        config,
-			Architecture:  platform.Architecture,
-			Variant:       platform.Variant,
-			OS:            platform.OS,
-			Created:       &created,
-			Comment:       msg,
+			Config:       config,
+			Architecture: platform.Architecture,
+			Variant:      platform.Variant,
+			OS:           platform.OS,
+			Created:      &created,
+			Comment:      msg,
 		},
 		RootFS: &image.RootFS{
 			Type:    "layers",
diff --git a/daemon/internal/image/cache/cache.go b/daemon/internal/image/cache/cache.go
index 9456884d3f..3338c738d9 100644
--- a/daemon/internal/image/cache/cache.go
+++ b/daemon/internal/image/cache/cache.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/builder"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/image"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/layer"
-	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/dockerversion"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -141,12 +140,11 @@ func (ic *ImageCache) restoreCachedImage(parent, target *image.Image, cfg *conta
 
 	restoredImg := image.Image{
 		V1Image: image.V1Image{
-			DockerVersion: dockerversion.Version,
-			Config:        cfg,
-			Architecture:  target.Architecture,
-			OS:            target.OS,
-			Author:        target.Author,
-			Created:       history[len(history)-1].Created,
+			Config:       cfg,
+			Architecture: target.Architecture,
+			OS:           target.OS,
+			Author:       target.Author,
+			Created:      history[len(history)-1].Created,
 		},
 		RootFS:     rootFS,
 		History:    history,
diff --git a/daemon/internal/image/image.go b/daemon/internal/image/image.go
index e97c845d38..2ad503b86f 100644
--- a/daemon/internal/image/image.go
+++ b/daemon/internal/image/image.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/layer"
-	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ func NewChildImage(img *Image, child ChildConfig, os string) *Image {
 
 	return &Image{
 		V1Image: V1Image{
-			DockerVersion:   dockerversion.Version,
 			Config:          child.Config,
 			Architecture:    img.BaseImgArch(),
 			Variant:         img.BaseImgVariant(),
diff --git a/daemon/pkg/plugin/backend_linux.go b/daemon/pkg/plugin/backend_linux.go
index 148a723f1a..75745210f3 100644
--- a/daemon/pkg/plugin/backend_linux.go
+++ b/daemon/pkg/plugin/backend_linux.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/internal/stringid"
 	v2 "github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/pkg/plugin/v2"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon/server/backend"
-	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/errdefs"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/pkg/authorization"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/v2/pkg/pools"
@@ -707,8 +706,6 @@ func (pm *Manager) CreateFromContext(ctx context.Context, tarCtx io.ReadCloser,
 		DiffIds: []string{rootFSBlob.Digest().String()},
 	}
 
-	config.DockerVersion = dockerversion.Version //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019: field is deprecated.
-
 	configBlob, err := pm.blobStore.Writer(ctx, content.WithRef(name+"-config.json"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err