diff --git a/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs b/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
index b0254154b..c07189963 100644
--- a/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ pub const DEFAULT_INCREMENTAL_SNAPSHOT_ARCHIVE_INTERVAL_SLOTS: Slot = 100;
 const MAX_SNAPSHOT_DATA_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 32 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 32 GiB
 const MAX_SNAPSHOT_VERSION_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 8; // byte
 const VERSION_STRING_V1_2_0: &str = "1.2.0";
-const DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_VERSION: SnapshotVersion = SnapshotVersion::V1_2_0;
 pub(crate) const TMP_BANK_SNAPSHOT_PREFIX: &str = "tmp-bank-snapshot-";
 pub const TMP_SNAPSHOT_ARCHIVE_PREFIX: &str = "tmp-snapshot-archive-";
 pub const MAX_BANK_SNAPSHOTS_TO_RETAIN: usize = 8; // Save some bank snapshots but not too many
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ pub enum SnapshotVersion {
 
 impl Default for SnapshotVersion {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_VERSION
+        SnapshotVersion::V1_2_0
     }
 }
 
@@ -2018,7 +2017,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_snapshot_version_from_file_under_limit() {
-        let file_content = format!("v{}", DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_VERSION);
+        let file_content = SnapshotVersion::default().as_str();
         let mut file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
         file.write_all(file_content.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         let version_from_file = snapshot_version_from_file(file.path()).unwrap();