diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index 7fc48cd5f0b38..09ba0e2740f1b 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ thread_local!(crate static MAX_DEF_IDX: RefCell<FxHashMap<CrateNum, DefIndex>> =
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 crate struct Crate {
     crate name: Symbol,
-    crate version: Option<String>,
     crate src: FileName,
     crate module: Option<Item>,
     crate externs: Vec<(CrateNum, ExternalCrate)>,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
index 40f6c084a7178..a64e8c21c462e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ crate fn krate(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
 
     Crate {
         name,
-        version: None,
         src,
         module: Some(module),
         externs,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs b/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
index 1636af70a9ae5..f20296f4fe148 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ impl Cache {
         dst: &Path,
     ) -> clean::Crate {
         // Crawl the crate to build various caches used for the output
-        self.crate_version = krate.version.take();
         debug!(?self.crate_version);
         self.traits = krate.external_traits.take();
         self.masked_crates = mem::take(&mut krate.masked_crates);
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs
index bd5802a99dda2..e6edf33d23c8d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl<'tcx> FormatRenderer<'tcx> for JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
 
     fn after_krate(
         &mut self,
-        krate: &clean::Crate,
+        _krate: &clean::Crate,
         _diag: &rustc_errors::Handler,
     ) -> Result<(), Error> {
         debug!("Done with crate");
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl<'tcx> FormatRenderer<'tcx> for JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
         #[allow(rustc::default_hash_types)]
         let output = types::Crate {
             root: types::Id(String::from("0:0")),
-            crate_version: krate.version.clone(),
+            crate_version: self.cache.crate_version.clone(),
             includes_private: self.cache.document_private,
             index: index.into_iter().collect(),
             paths: self
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs
index a3d4935f49614..5bb66f7f6fd7c 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // edition:2018
+// compile-flags: --crate-version 1.0.0
 
-// @is nested.json "$.index[*][?(@.name=='nested')].kind" \"module\"
+// @is nested.json "$.crate_version" \"1.0.0\"
+// @is - "$.index[*][?(@.name=='nested')].kind" \"module\"
 // @is - "$.index[*][?(@.name=='nested')].inner.is_crate" true
 // @count - "$.index[*][?(@.name=='nested')].inner.items[*]" 1