diff --git a/lisp/finder.el b/lisp/finder.el
index d79b9c99f66..b8db62865de 100644
--- a/lisp/finder.el
+++ b/lisp/finder.el
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ from; the default is `load-path'."
 		  ;; The idea here is that eg calc.el gets to define
 		  ;; the description of the calc package.
 		  ;; This does not work for eg nxml-mode.el.
-		  ((or (eq base-name package) version)
+		  ((eq base-name package)
 		   (setq desc (cdr entry))
 		   (aset desc 0 version)
 		   (aset desc 2 summary)))