diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 656d0058c..0b348d53b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ spack-*
 install/
 ## podio
 podio_generated_files.cmake
-/include/podio/podioVersion.h
-/python/podio/__init__.py
+
 ## EDM4hep
 /python/edm4hep/__version__.py
 edm4hep/edm4hep/
diff --git a/test/hepmc/edm4hep_testhepmc.cc b/test/hepmc/edm4hep_testhepmc.cc
index 7fba466e1..353a554fe 100644
--- a/test/hepmc/edm4hep_testhepmc.cc
+++ b/test/hepmc/edm4hep_testhepmc.cc
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@
 #include "HepPDT/ParticleID.hh"
 
 #include "podio/Frame.h"
-#if PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || (PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && PODIO_VERSION_MINOR >= 99)
 #include "podio/ROOTWriter.h"
-#else
-#include "podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h"
-#endif
 
 #include "edm4hep/MCParticleCollection.h"
 
@@ -158,11 +154,7 @@ int main() {
   auto event = podio::Frame();
   event.put(std::move(edm_particle_collection), "TestParticles2");
 
-#if PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || (PODIO_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && PODIO_VERSION_MINOR >= 99)
   auto writer = podio::ROOTWriter("edm4hep_testhepmc.root");
-#else
-  auto writer = podio::ROOTFrameWriter("edm4hep_testhepmc.root");
-#endif
   writer.writeFrame(event, "events");
 
   // after all events
diff --git a/test/read_events.cc b/test/read_events.cc
index c7185e353..68b1cd82f 100644
--- a/test/read_events.cc
+++ b/test/read_events.cc
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 #include "read_events.h"
-#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
-#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION >= PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
 #include "podio/ROOTReader.h"
-#else
-#include "podio/ROOTFrameReader.h"
-namespace podio {
-using ROOTReader = podio::ROOTFrameReader;
-}
-#endif
 
 int main() {
   read_events<podio::ROOTReader>("edm4hep_events.root");
diff --git a/test/read_events.h b/test/read_events.h
index ea805483c..4164bbc65 100644
--- a/test/read_events.h
+++ b/test/read_events.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 // podio specific includes
 #include "podio/Frame.h"
-#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
 
 // STL
 #include <iostream>
@@ -273,11 +272,7 @@ void processEvent(const podio::Frame& event) {
   //    throw std::runtime_error("Collection 'SimCalorimeterHitContributions' should be present");
   //  }
 
-#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION > PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
   const auto evtType = event.getParameter<std::string>("EventType").value();
-#else
-  const auto& evtType = event.getParameter<std::string>("EventType");
-#endif
   std::cout << "Event Type: " << evtType << std::endl;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/read_events_sio.cc b/test/read_events_sio.cc
index 92fe0b5ea..8f012bfd2 100644
--- a/test/read_events_sio.cc
+++ b/test/read_events_sio.cc
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #include "read_events.h"
 
-#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
-#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION >= PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
 #include "podio/SIOReader.h"
-#else
-#include "podio/SIOFrameReader.h"
-namespace podio {
-using SIOReader = podio::SIOFrameReader;
-}
-#endif
 
 int main(int, char**) {
   read_events<podio::SIOReader>("edm4hep_events.sio");
diff --git a/test/write_events.cc b/test/write_events.cc
index 7d9091561..7d7e7ae14 100644
--- a/test/write_events.cc
+++ b/test/write_events.cc
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 #include "write_events.h"
-#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
-#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION >= PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
 #include "podio/ROOTWriter.h"
-#else
-#include "podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h"
-namespace podio {
-using ROOTWriter = podio::ROOTFrameWriter;
-}
-#endif
 
 int main(int, char*[]) {
 
diff --git a/test/write_events_sio.cc b/test/write_events_sio.cc
index 15454d5cc..406efe67d 100644
--- a/test/write_events_sio.cc
+++ b/test/write_events_sio.cc
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #include "write_events.h"
 
-#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
-#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION >= PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
 #include "podio/SIOWriter.h"
-#else
-#include "podio/SIOFrameWriter.h"
-namespace podio {
-using SIOWriter = podio::SIOFrameWriter;
-}
-#endif
 
 int main(int, char**) {
   write<podio::SIOWriter>("edm4hep_events.sio");
diff --git a/tools/src/edm4hep2json.cxx b/tools/src/edm4hep2json.cxx
index 379ad25c5..c6e1f1686 100644
--- a/tools/src/edm4hep2json.cxx
+++ b/tools/src/edm4hep2json.cxx
@@ -5,16 +5,8 @@
 #include "TFile.h"
 
 // podio
-#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
-#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION >= PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
-#include "podio/ROOTReader.h"
-#else
-#include "podio/ROOTFrameReader.h"
-namespace podio {
-using ROOTReader = podio::ROOTFrameReader;
-}
-#endif
 #include "podio/ROOTLegacyReader.h"
+#include "podio/ROOTReader.h"
 
 // std
 #include <filesystem>
diff --git a/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc b/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc
index 15442c700..d4da00a36 100644
--- a/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc
+++ b/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "edm4hep/Constants.h"
 
 #include <podio/FrameCategories.h>
-#include <podio/podioVersion.h>
 
 #include <iterator>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ void PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, const std::string& collName
 std::optional<edm4hep::utils::ParticleIDMeta> PIDHandler::getAlgoInfo(const podio::Frame& metadata,
                                                                       const std::string& collName) {
 
-#if PODIO_BUILD_VERSION > PODIO_VERSION(0, 99, 0)
   auto maybeAlgoName =
       metadata.getParameter<std::string>(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::labels::PIDAlgoName));
   if (!maybeAlgoName.has_value()) {
@@ -156,22 +154,6 @@ std::optional<edm4hep::utils::ParticleIDMeta> PIDHandler::getAlgoInfo(const podi
               podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::labels::PIDParameterNames))
           .value()};
 
-#else
-
-  const auto& algoName =
-      metadata.getParameter<std::string>(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::labels::PIDAlgoName));
-  // Use the algoName as proxy to see whether we could actually get the
-  // information from the metadata
-  if (algoName.empty()) {
-    return std::nullopt;
-  }
-
-  ParticleIDMeta pidInfo{
-      algoName, metadata.getParameter<int>(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::labels::PIDAlgoType)),
-      metadata.getParameter<std::vector<std::string>>(
-          podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::labels::PIDParameterNames))};
-#endif
-
   return pidInfo;
 }