diff --git a/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.schema.cue b/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.schema.cue
index f66aae29893..d153d6beeb0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.schema.cue
+++ b/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/dashboard.schema.cue
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ DashboardV2Spec: {
 
   layout: GridLayoutKind
 
-  // Version of the JSON schema, incremented each time a Grafana update brings
-  // changes to said schema.
-  schemaVersion: uint16 | *39
 
   // Plugins only. The version of the dashboard installed together with the plugin.
   // This is used to determine if the dashboard should be updated when the plugin is updated.
diff --git a/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/examples.ts b/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/examples.ts
index dbb3b97a5b8..c031ed9e6ef 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/examples.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/examples.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export const handyTestingSchema: DashboardV2Spec = {
   liveNow: false,
   preload: false,
   editable: true,
-  schemaVersion: 40,
   tags: ['tag1', 'tag2'],
   timeSettings: {
     autoRefresh: '5s',
diff --git a/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/types.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/types.gen.ts
index 70c9f1a0b84..8d960e9affb 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-schema/src/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0/types.gen.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ export interface DashboardV2Spec {
 	elements: Record<string, Element>;
 	annotations: AnnotationQueryKind[];
 	layout: GridLayoutKind;
-	// Version of the JSON schema, incremented each time a Grafana update brings
-	// changes to said schema.
-	schemaVersion: number;
 	// Plugins only. The version of the dashboard installed together with the plugin.
 	// This is used to determine if the dashboard should be updated when the plugin is updated.
 	revision?: number;
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@ export const defaultDashboardV2Spec = (): DashboardV2Spec => ({
 	elements: {},
 	annotations: [],
 	layout: defaultGridLayoutKind(),
-	schemaVersion: 39,
 });
 
 // Supported dashboard elements
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.test.ts
index 7fda8ec9119..6d20e16ed27 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.test.ts
@@ -682,7 +682,6 @@ function setupV2(spec?: Partial<DashboardV2Spec>) {
     spec: {
       ...defaultDashboardV2Spec(),
       title: 'hello',
-      schemaVersion: 30,
       timeSettings: {
         ...defaultTimeSettingsSpec(),
         autoRefresh: '10s',
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.ts
index e1db84138dd..bd3c106b106 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/DashboardSceneSerializer.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class V2DashboardSerializer
 
     if (this.initialSaveModel) {
       return {
-        schemaVersion: this.initialSaveModel.schemaVersion,
+        schemaVersion: 40,
         uid: s.state.uid,
         title: this.initialSaveModel.title,
         panels_count: panelPluginIds.length || 0,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/__snapshots__/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts.snap b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/__snapshots__/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts.snap
index e03f5c91ab8..dcd651aa5f7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/__snapshots__/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/__snapshots__/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts.snap
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ exports[`transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2 should transform scene to save model
   ],
   "liveNow": true,
   "preload": true,
-  "schemaVersion": 40,
   "tags": [
     "tag1",
     "tag2",
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts
index 141c71e1c4c..7352a995547 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   VizPanel,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { DataSourceRef } from '@grafana/schema';
-import { DASHBOARD_SCHEMA_VERSION } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator';
 
 import {
   DashboardV2Spec,
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ export function transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2(scene: DashboardScene, isSnaps
     editable: oldDash.editable,
     links: oldDash.links,
     tags: oldDash.tags,
-    schemaVersion: DASHBOARD_SCHEMA_VERSION,
     // EOF dashboard settings
 
     // time settings
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.test.ts
index d2d80c5cc58..a0ec37d375c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.test.ts
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ describe('ResponseTransformers', () => {
       expect(spec.title).toBe(dashboardV1.title);
       expect(spec.description).toBe(dashboardV1.description);
       expect(spec.tags).toEqual(dashboardV1.tags);
-      expect(spec.schemaVersion).toBe(dashboardV1.schemaVersion);
       expect(spec.cursorSync).toBe('Off'); // Assuming transformCursorSynctoEnum(0) returns 'Off'
       expect(spec.preload).toBe(dashboardV1.preload);
       expect(spec.liveNow).toBe(dashboardV1.liveNow);
@@ -516,7 +515,6 @@ describe('ResponseTransformers', () => {
           title: 'Dashboard Title',
           description: 'Dashboard Description',
           tags: ['tag1', 'tag2'],
-          schemaVersion: 1,
           cursorSync: 'Off',
           preload: true,
           liveNow: false,
@@ -596,7 +594,7 @@ describe('ResponseTransformers', () => {
       expect(dashboard.title).toBe(dashboardV2.spec.title);
       expect(dashboard.description).toBe(dashboardV2.spec.description);
       expect(dashboard.tags).toEqual(dashboardV2.spec.tags);
-      expect(dashboard.schemaVersion).toBe(dashboardV2.spec.schemaVersion);
+      expect(dashboard.schemaVersion).toBe(40);
       //   expect(dashboard.graphTooltip).toBe(0); // Assuming transformCursorSynctoEnum('Off') returns 0
       expect(dashboard.preload).toBe(dashboardV2.spec.preload);
       expect(dashboard.liveNow).toBe(dashboardV2.spec.liveNow);
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.ts
index 6a03130fb29..50fd9939fe9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/ResponseTransformers.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ export function ensureV2Response(
     title: dashboard.title,
     description: dashboard.description,
     tags: dashboard.tags ?? [],
-    schemaVersion: dashboard.schemaVersion,
     cursorSync: transformCursorSynctoEnum(dashboard.graphTooltip),
     preload: dashboard.preload || dashboardDefaults.preload,
     liveNow: dashboard.liveNow,
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ export function ensureV1Response(
         title: spec.title,
         description: spec.description,
         tags: spec.tags,
-        schemaVersion: spec.schemaVersion,
+        schemaVersion: 40,
         graphTooltip: transformCursorSyncV2ToV1(spec.cursorSync),
         preload: spec.preload,
         liveNow: spec.liveNow,