diff --git a/pkg/fips/fips.go b/pkg/fips/fips.go
index b8f166992a5..d96ab58a875 100644
--- a/pkg/fips/fips.go
+++ b/pkg/fips/fips.go
@@ -19,10 +19,4 @@ package fips
 import (
 	// Restricts all TLS configuration to FIPS-approved settings
 	_ "crypto/tls/fipsonly"
-
-	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/version"
 )
-
-func init() {
-	version.SetVersionSuffix("-fips")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 63ef0b14f6f..2fd0342f7d7 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ var (
 	buildDate = "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z" // build date in ISO8601 format, output of $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
 )
 
-// SetVersionSuffix sets version suffix.
-func SetVersionSuffix(suffix string) {
-	gitVersion += suffix
-}
-
 // PrintVersionInfo show version info to Stdout
 func PrintVersionInfo() {
 	fmt.Printf("TiDB Operator Version: %#v\n", Get())