diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java
index ef7e375..671f505 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 import eu.clarin.sru.server.fcs.parser.QueryParser;
 import eu.clarin.sru.server.fcs.parser.QueryParserException;
 
-/** FCSQLQueryProcessor is accountable for the serialization of FCSQL to KoralQuery.
- * The KoralQuery is structured as a map containing parts of JSON-LD serializations of KoralObjects.  
+/** FCSQLQueryProcessor is accountable for the serialization of FCSQL 
+ *  to KoralQuery. The KoralQuery is structured as a map containing 
+ *  parts of JSON-LD serializations of KoralObjects.  
  * 
  * @author margaretha
  * 
@@ -32,22 +33,13 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private static final String VERSION_2_0 = "2.0";
-
     private final QueryParser fcsParser = new QueryParser();
-    private String version;
     
-    public FCSQLQueryProcessor (String query) {
-        this(query, VERSION_2_0);
-    }
-
     /** Constructs FCSQLQueryProcessor for the given query and version.
      * @param query an FCS query string
-     * @param version the FCSQL version of the query
      */
-    public FCSQLQueryProcessor (String query, String version) {
+    public FCSQLQueryProcessor (String query) {
         super();
-        this.version = version;
         process(query);
     }
 
@@ -58,33 +50,17 @@
 
     @Override
     public void process(String query) {
-        if (isVersionValid()) {
-            FCSSRUQuery fcsSruQuery = parseQueryStringtoFCSQuery(query);
-            if (fcsSruQuery != null) {
-                QueryNode fcsQueryNode = fcsSruQuery.getParsedQuery();
-                try {
-					parseFCSQueryToKoralQuery(fcsQueryNode);
-				} catch (KoralException e) {
-					addError(e.getStatusCode(), e.getMessage());
-				}
-            }
+        FCSSRUQuery fcsSruQuery = parseQueryStringtoFCSQuery(query);
+        if (fcsSruQuery != null) {
+            QueryNode fcsQueryNode = fcsSruQuery.getParsedQuery();
+            try {
+				parseFCSQueryToKoralQuery(fcsQueryNode);
+			} catch (KoralException e) {
+				addError(e.getStatusCode(), e.getMessage());
+			}
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean isVersionValid() {
-        if (version == null || version.isEmpty()) {
-            addError(StatusCodes.MISSING_VERSION,
-                    "Version number is missing.");
-            return false;
-        }
-        else if (!version.equals(VERSION_2_0)) {
-            addError(StatusCodes.UNSUPPORTED_VERSION,
-                    "Only supports SRU version 2.0.");
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /** Translates the given FCS query string into an FCSSSRUQuery object.
      * @param query an FCS query string
      * @return an FCSSRUQuery
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
index 4b192b0..699581b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 package de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize.util.KoralObjectGenerator;
-import de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize.util.StatusCodes;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize.util.KoralObjectGenerator;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize.util.StatusCodes;
 
 /**
  * Main class for Koral, serializes queries from concrete QLs to KoralQuery
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@
             ast = new CqlQueryProcessor(query);
         }
         else if (queryLanguage.equalsIgnoreCase("fcsql")) {
-            ast = new FCSQLQueryProcessor(query, "2.0");
+            ast = new FCSQLQueryProcessor(query);
         }
         else if (queryLanguage.equalsIgnoreCase("annis")) {
             ast = new AnnisQueryProcessor(query);
@@ -157,14 +163,7 @@
             }
         }
         else if (ql.equalsIgnoreCase("fcsql")) {
-            if (version == null) {
-                ast = new FCSQLQueryProcessor(query);
-//                ast.addError(StatusCodes.MISSING_VERSION,
-//                        "SRU Version is missing!");
-            }
-            else {
-                ast = new FCSQLQueryProcessor(query, version);
-            }
+            ast = new FCSQLQueryProcessor(query);
         }
         else if (ql.equalsIgnoreCase("annis")) {
             ast = new AnnisQueryProcessor(query);