diff --git a/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php b/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php
index 3c761e3d54..e6aaa4c781 100644
--- a/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php
+++ b/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php
@@ -24,29 +24,6 @@ class CategoriesModelCategory extends JModelAdmin
 	 */
 	protected $text_prefix = 'COM_CATEGORIES';
 
-	/**
-	 * The type alias for this content type. Used for content version history.
-	 *
-	 * @var      string
-	 * @since    3.2
-	 */
-	public $typeAlias = null;
-
-	/**
-	 * Override parent constructor.
-	 *
-	 * @param   array  $config  An optional associative array of configuration settings.
-	 *
-	 * @see     JModelLegacy
-	 * @since   3.2
-	 */
-	public function __construct($config = array())
-	{
-		parent::__construct($config);
-		$extension = JFactory::getApplication()->input->get('extension', 'com_content');
-		$this->typeAlias = $extension . '.category';
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Method to test whether a record can be deleted.
 	 *
@@ -680,9 +657,6 @@ public function saveorder($idArray = null, $lft_array = null)
 	 */
 	protected function batchCopy($value, $pks, $contexts)
 	{
-		$type = new JUcmType;
-		$this->type = $type->getTypeByAlias($this->typeAlias);
-
 		// $value comes as {parent_id}.{extension}
 		$parts = explode('.', $value);
 		$parentId = (int) JArrayHelper::getValue($parts, 0, 1);
@@ -876,9 +850,7 @@ protected function batchCopy($value, $pks, $contexts)
 	protected function batchMove($value, $pks, $contexts)
 	{
 		$parentId = (int) $value;
-		$type = new JUcmType;
-		$this->type = $type->getTypeByAlias($this->typeAlias);
-
+		
 		$db = $this->getDbo();
 		$query = $db->getQuery(true);
 		$extension = JFactory::getApplication()->input->get('extension', '', 'word');
diff --git a/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/category.xml b/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/category.xml
index fb90b136ff..a6e085cc9c 100644
--- a/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/category.xml
+++ b/app/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/category.xml
@@ -74,14 +74,6 @@
 		hint="JFIELD_ALIAS_PLACEHOLDER"
 		size="45"/>
 
-	<field
-		name="version_note"
-		type="text"
-		label="JGLOBAL_FIELD_VERSION_NOTE_LABEL"
-		description="JGLOBAL_FIELD_VERSION_NOTE_DESC"
-		class="span12"
-		size="45" />
-
 	<field
 		name="note"
 		type="text"
diff --git a/app/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php b/app/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php
index a38c7971d2..2ddccf38fc 100644
--- a/app/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php
+++ b/app/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php
@@ -154,12 +154,6 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			if ($componentParams->get('save_history', 0) && $user->authorise('core.edit'))
-			{
-				$typeAlias = $extension . '.category';
-				JToolbarHelper::versions($typeAlias, $this->item->id);
-			}
-
 			JToolbarHelper::cancel('category.cancel', 'JTOOLBAR_CLOSE');
 		}
 
@@ -185,6 +179,7 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 		{
 			$url = null;
 		}
+
 		JToolbarHelper::help($ref_key, $componentParams->exists('helpURL'), $url, $component);
 	}
 }