diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_client.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_client.py
index e55dbd0ddc4f..ab918545b351 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_client.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_client.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 from ._serialize import serialize_iso
 from ._deserialize import _return_headers_and_deserialized
 from ._error import _process_table_error
-from ._version import VERSION
-from ._models import TableEntityPropertiesPaged, UpdateMode
+from ._models import TableEntityPropertiesPaged, UpdateMode, TableItem
 
 
 class TableClient(TableClientBase):
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ def __init__(
         """
         super(TableClient, self).__init__(account_url, table_name, credential=credential, **kwargs)
         self._client = AzureTable(self.url, pipeline=self._pipeline)
-        self._client._config.version = kwargs.get('api_version', VERSION)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
     @classmethod
     def from_connection_string(
diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_service_client.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_service_client.py
index 28186410fe16..3262bef182b0 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_service_client.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_table_service_client.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from ._base_client import parse_connection_str, TransportWrapper
 from ._models import LocationMode
 from ._error import _process_table_error
-from ._version import VERSION
 from ._table_client import TableClient
 from ._table_service_client_base import TableServiceClientBase
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ def __init__(
 
         super(TableServiceClient, self).__init__(account_url, service='table', credential=credential, **kwargs)
         self._client = AzureTable(self.url, pipeline=self._pipeline)
-        self._client._config.version = kwargs.get('api_version', VERSION)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
     @classmethod
     def from_connection_string(
diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_client_async.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_client_async.py
index c8fd815d489b..74e7d637da21 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_client_async.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator import distributed_trace
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator_async import distributed_trace_async
 
-from .. import VERSION
 from .._base_client import parse_connection_str
 from .._entity import TableEntity
 from .._generated.aio import AzureTable
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ def __init__(
             account_url, table_name=table_name, credential=credential, loop=loop, **kwargs
         )
         self._client = AzureTable(self.url, pipeline=self._pipeline, loop=loop)
-        self._client._config.version = kwargs.get('api_version', VERSION)  # pylint: disable = W0212
         self._loop = loop
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_service_client_async.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_service_client_async.py
index 50c8c1570f0c..1e1d6bc8f62c 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_service_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_table_service_client_async.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator import distributed_trace
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator_async import distributed_trace_async
 
-from .. import VERSION, LocationMode
+from .. import LocationMode
 from .._base_client import parse_connection_str
 from .._generated.aio._azure_table_async import AzureTable
 from .._generated.models import TableServiceProperties, TableProperties, QueryOptions
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ def __init__(
             loop=loop,
             **kwargs)
         self._client = AzureTable(url=self.url, pipeline=self._pipeline, loop=loop)  # type: ignore
-        self._client._config.version = kwargs.get('api_version', VERSION)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
         self._loop = loop
 
     @classmethod