diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/normalizer/ApsProcessBpmnNormalizer.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/normalizer/ApsProcessBpmnNormalizer.java
index da0d3ef..57f9038 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/normalizer/ApsProcessBpmnNormalizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/normalizer/ApsProcessBpmnNormalizer.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class ApsProcessBpmnNormalizer implements ApsFileNormalizer {
 
 			changed = this.removeAttributeIfSet(definitionsElement, NAMESPACE_ACTIVITI_MODELER, "exportDateTime") || changed;
 			changed = this.removeAttributeIfSet(definitionsElement, NAMESPACE_ACTIVITI_MODELER, "modelLastUpdated") || changed;
+			changed = this.removeAttributeIfSet(definitionsElement, NAMESPACE_ACTIVITI_MODELER, "modelVersion") || changed;
+			//changed = this.setAttributeIfSet(definitionsElement, NAMESPACE_ACTIVITI_MODELER, "modelVersion", "0") || changed;
 			
 			if (changed)
 				ModelUtil.getInstance().writeXml(bpmn, file);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/translator/ApsProcessBpmnTranslator.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/translator/ApsProcessBpmnTranslator.java
index f662949..e2d2dfd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/translator/ApsProcessBpmnTranslator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/aps/modeling/translator/ApsProcessBpmnTranslator.java
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ public class ApsProcessBpmnTranslator extends ApsOrganizationHandler implements
 		
 		if (apsProcessId != null)
 			changed = this.setAttributeIfSet(definitionsElement, NAMESPACE_ACTIVITI_MODELER, "modelId", apsProcessId) || changed;
-		changed = this.removeAttributeIfSet(definitionsElement, NAMESPACE_ACTIVITI_MODELER, "modelVersion") || changed;
-		//changed = this.setAttributeIfSet(definitionsElement, NAMESPACE_ACTIVITI_MODELER, "modelVersion", "0") || changed;
 		
 		return changed;
 	}
@@ -376,14 +374,5 @@ public class ApsProcessBpmnTranslator extends ApsOrganizationHandler implements
 		attr.setValue(value.toString());
 		return true;
 	}
-	
-	private boolean removeAttributeIfSet(Element element, String attrNamespace, String attrName) {
-		Attr attr = element.getAttributeNodeNS(attrNamespace, attrName);
-		if (attr == null)
-			return false;
-		
-		element.removeAttributeNode(attr);
-		return true;
-	}
 
 }