diff --git a/xcp/repository.py b/xcp/repository.py
index 06c54dfb..2ae94ee9 100644
--- a/xcp/repository.py
+++ b/xcp/repository.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import six
 
 from xcp import version, xmlunwrap
-from xcp import logger
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from xml.dom.minidom import Element  # pytype: disable=pyi-error
@@ -152,19 +151,6 @@ def getProductVersion(cls, access):
             return YumRepository.getProductVersion(access)
         return None
 
-    #pylint: disable=invalid-name
-    @classmethod
-    def getRequiredUpgradePluginVersion(cls, access):
-        """Returns the required upgrade plugin version of the repository."""
-        access.start()
-        is_yum = YumRepository.isRepo(access, "")
-        access.finish()
-
-        if is_yum:
-            return YumRepository.getRequiredUpgradePluginVersion(access)
-        return None
-
-
 class YumRepository(BaseRepository):
     """ Represents a Yum repository containing packages and associated meta data. """
     REPOMD_FILENAME = "repodata/repomd.xml"
@@ -191,8 +177,7 @@ def isRepo(cls, access, base):
 
     @classmethod
     def _getVersion(cls, access, category):
-        category_map = {'platform': 'platform_version', 'branding': 'product_version',
-                        'required_upgrade_plugin': 'required_minimal_upgrade_plugin_version'}
+        category_map = {'platform': 'platform_version', 'branding': 'product_version'}
 
         access.start()
         try:
@@ -201,15 +186,11 @@ def _getVersion(cls, access, category):
             with access.openText(cls.TREEINFO_FILENAME) as fp:
                 treeinfo.read_file(fp)
 
-            try:
-                if treeinfo.has_section('system-v1'):
-                    ver_str = treeinfo.get('system-v1', category_map[category])
-                else:
-                    ver_str = treeinfo.get(category, 'version')
-                repo_ver = version.Version.from_string(ver_str)
-            except configparser.NoOptionError as e:
-                logger.debug(e)
-                repo_ver = None
+            if treeinfo.has_section('system-v1'):
+                ver_str = treeinfo.get('system-v1', category_map[category])
+            else:
+                ver_str = treeinfo.get(category, 'version')
+            repo_ver = version.Version.from_string(ver_str)
 
         except Exception as e:
             six.raise_from(RepoFormatError("Failed to open %s: %s" %
@@ -229,13 +210,6 @@ def getProductVersion(cls, access):
 
         return cls._getVersion(access, 'branding')
 
-    @classmethod
-    def getRequiredUpgradePluginVersion(cls, access):
-        """Returns the required upgrade plugin version of the repository."""
-
-        return cls._getVersion(access, 'required_upgrade_plugin')
-
-
 class Repository(BaseRepository):
     """ Represents a XenSource repository containing packages and associated
     meta data. """