diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
index 33ae0d8079..83ab9ea5de 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vim/vim.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
 PV .= ".1592"
 SRCREV = "29b4c513b11deb37f0e0538df53d195f602fa42c"
 
-# Remove when 8.3 is out
-UPSTREAM_VERSION_UNKNOWN = "1"
-
 # Do not consider .z in x.y.z, as that is updated with every commit
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+)\.0"
+# Ignore that the upstream version .z in x.y.z is always newer
+UPSTREAM_VERSION_UNKNOWN = "1"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"