diff --git a/candy/plugin-cua/charly.yml b/candy/plugin-cua/charly.yml
index f9069e4..fe505fb 100644
--- a/candy/plugin-cua/charly.yml
+++ b/candy/plugin-cua/charly.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-version: 2026.261.1747
 plugin-cua:
     candy:
-        version: 2026.261.1747
         description: |-
             OUT-OF-TREE charly plugin serving the `cua` computer-use verb AND the `kind: cua`
             entity — a standalone Go module (go.mod + cmd/serve) that drives a LIVE desktop
diff --git a/charly.yml b/charly.yml
index 4cec524..701d093 100644
--- a/charly.yml
+++ b/charly.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Without a root charly.yml the repo is "project-less": charly scans NO candies at all,
 # so `charly box validate` at the repo root exits 0 on ANY manifest, including one with a
 # malformed `plugin.providers` entry. Declaring discover: is the whole fix.
-version: 2026.261.1747
 discover:
     - path: candy
       recursive: true