diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/backwards.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/backwards.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd20fdf81..0000000000
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/backwards.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module Rack # :nodoc:
-  Mount = ActionDispatch::Journey::Router
-  Mount::RouteSet = ActionDispatch::Journey::Router
-  Mount::RegexpWithNamedGroups = ActionDispatch::Journey::Path::Pattern
-end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb
index f649588520..06cdce1724 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ module ActionDispatch
       class RoutingError < ::StandardError # :nodoc:
       end
 
-      # :nodoc:
-      VERSION = '2.0.0'
-
       attr_accessor :routes
 
       def initialize(routes)