diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index 0367ea9b..18d768da 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -152,13 +152,7 @@ def new_app(app, bench_path='.'):
 	app = app.lower().replace(" ", "_").replace("-", "_")
 	logger.log('creating new app {}'.format(app))
 	apps = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(bench_path, 'apps'))
-	bench.set_frappe_version(bench_path=bench_path)
-
-	if bench.FRAPPE_VERSION == 4:
-		exec_cmd("{frappe} --make_app {apps} {app}".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench_path=bench_path),
-			apps=apps, app=app))
-	else:
-		run_frappe_cmd('make-app', apps, app, bench_path=bench_path)
+	run_frappe_cmd('make-app', apps, app, bench_path=bench_path)
 	install_app(app, bench_path=bench_path)
 
 
diff --git a/bench/config/supervisor.py b/bench/config/supervisor.py
index dd9cfa6e..76ffd877 100644
--- a/bench/config/supervisor.py
+++ b/bench/config/supervisor.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 
 # imports - module imports
 import bench
-from bench.app import get_current_frappe_version, use_rq
+from bench.app import use_rq
 from bench.utils import get_bench_name, find_executable
 from bench.config.common_site_config import get_config, update_config, get_gunicorn_workers
 
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def generate_supervisor_config(bench_path, user=None, yes=False, skip_redis=Fals
 		"bench_dir": bench_dir,
 		"sites_dir": os.path.join(bench_dir, 'sites'),
 		"user": user,
-		"frappe_version": get_current_frappe_version(bench_path),
 		"use_rq": use_rq(bench_path),
 		"http_timeout": config.get("http_timeout", 120),
 		"redis_server": find_executable('redis-server'),
diff --git a/bench/config/systemd.py b/bench/config/systemd.py
index 574f857e..c0a0053c 100644
--- a/bench/config/systemd.py
+++ b/bench/config/systemd.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import click
 
 # imports - module imports
 import bench
-from bench.app import get_current_frappe_version, use_rq
+from bench.app import use_rq
 from bench.config.common_site_config import get_config, get_gunicorn_workers, update_config
 from bench.utils import exec_cmd, find_executable, get_bench_name
 
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ def generate_systemd_config(bench_path, user=None, yes=False,
 		"bench_dir": bench_dir,
 		"sites_dir": os.path.join(bench_dir, 'sites'),
 		"user": user,
-		"frappe_version": get_current_frappe_version(bench_path),
 		"use_rq": use_rq(bench_path),
 		"http_timeout": config.get("http_timeout", 120),
 		"redis_server": find_executable('redis-server'),
diff --git a/bench/config/templates/supervisor.conf b/bench/config/templates/supervisor.conf
index 92aa8333..d24b1cb6 100644
--- a/bench/config/templates/supervisor.conf
+++ b/bench/config/templates/supervisor.conf
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ user={{ user }}
 directory={{ sites_dir }}
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if frappe_version > 5 %}
 {% if not skip_redis %}
 [program:{{ bench_name }}-redis-socketio]
 command={{ redis_server }} {{ redis_socketio_config }}
@@ -161,8 +160,6 @@ user={{ user }}
 directory={{ bench_dir }}
 {% endif %}
 
-{% endif %}
-
 [group:{{ bench_name }}-web]
 programs={{ bench_name }}-frappe-web {%- if node -%} ,{{ bench_name }}-node-socketio {%- endif%}
 
@@ -180,5 +177,5 @@ programs={{ bench_name }}-frappe-workerbeat,{{ bench_name }}-frappe-worker,{{ be
 
 {% if not skip_redis %}
 [group:{{ bench_name }}-redis]
-programs={{ bench_name }}-redis-cache,{{ bench_name }}-redis-queue {%- if frappe_version > 5 -%} ,{{ bench_name }}-redis-socketio {%- endif %}
+programs={{ bench_name }}-redis-cache,{{ bench_name }}-redis-queue,{{ bench_name }}-redis-socketio
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index 2c22005b..54350ba9 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -163,11 +163,8 @@ def init(path, apps_path=None, no_procfile=False, no_backups=False,
 		if apps_path:
 			install_apps_from_path(apps_path, bench_path=path)
 
-
-	bench.set_frappe_version(bench_path=path)
-	if bench.FRAPPE_VERSION > 5:
-		if not skip_assets:
-			update_node_packages(bench_path=path)
+	if not skip_assets:
+		update_node_packages(bench_path=path)
 
 	set_all_patches_executed(bench_path=path)
 	if not skip_assets:
@@ -358,27 +355,17 @@ def setup_socketio(bench_path='.'):
 
 
 def patch_sites(bench_path='.'):
-	bench.set_frappe_version(bench_path=bench_path)
-
 	try:
-		if bench.FRAPPE_VERSION == 4:
-			exec_cmd("{frappe} --latest all".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench_path=bench_path)), cwd=os.path.join(bench_path, 'sites'))
-		else:
-			run_frappe_cmd('--site', 'all', 'migrate', bench_path=bench_path)
+		run_frappe_cmd('--site', 'all', 'migrate', bench_path=bench_path)
 	except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
 		raise PatchError
 
 
 def build_assets(bench_path='.', app=None):
-	bench.set_frappe_version(bench_path=bench_path)
-
-	if bench.FRAPPE_VERSION == 4:
-		exec_cmd("{frappe} --build".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench_path=bench_path)), cwd=os.path.join(bench_path, 'sites'))
-	else:
-		command = 'bench build'
-		if app:
-			command += ' --app {}'.format(app)
-		exec_cmd(command, cwd=bench_path)
+	command = 'bench build'
+	if app:
+		command += ' --app {}'.format(app)
+	exec_cmd(command, cwd=bench_path)
 
 
 def get_sites(bench_path='.'):
@@ -395,14 +382,8 @@ def setup_backups(bench_path='.'):
 	bench_dir = os.path.abspath(bench_path)
 	user = get_config(bench_path=bench_dir).get('frappe_user')
 	logfile = os.path.join(bench_dir, 'logs', 'backup.log')
-	bench.set_frappe_version(bench_path=bench_path)
 	system_crontab = CronTab(user=user)
-
-	if bench.FRAPPE_VERSION == 4:
-		backup_command = "cd {sites_dir} && {frappe} --backup all".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench_path=bench_path),)
-	else:
-		backup_command = "cd {bench_dir} && {bench} --verbose --site all backup".format(bench_dir=bench_dir, bench=sys.argv[0])
-
+	backup_command = "cd {bench_dir} && {bench} --verbose --site all backup".format(bench_dir=bench_dir, bench=sys.argv[0])
 	job_command = "{backup_command} >> {logfile} 2>&1".format(backup_command=backup_command, logfile=logfile)
 
 	if job_command not in str(system_crontab):
@@ -662,13 +643,7 @@ def update_npm_packages(bench_path='.'):
 
 
 def backup_site(site, bench_path='.'):
-	bench.set_frappe_version(bench_path=bench_path)
-
-	if bench.FRAPPE_VERSION == 4:
-		exec_cmd("{frappe} --backup {site}".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench_path=bench_path), site=site),
-				cwd=os.path.join(bench_path, 'sites'))
-	else:
-		run_frappe_cmd('--site', site, 'backup', bench_path=bench_path)
+	run_frappe_cmd('--site', site, 'backup', bench_path=bench_path)
 
 
 def backup_all_sites(bench_path='.'):
@@ -754,11 +729,6 @@ def fix_prod_setup_perms(bench_path='.', frappe_user=None):
 			os.chown(path, uid, gid)
 
 
-def get_current_frappe_version(bench_path='.'):
-	from .app import get_current_frappe_version as fv
-	return fv(bench_path=bench_path)
-
-
 def run_frappe_cmd(*args, **kwargs):
 	from .cli import from_command_line