diff --git a/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py b/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py
index dde3ab63..77b67de7 100755
--- a/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py
+++ b/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import os
 import requests
 
 from toscaparser.utils.gettextutils import _
-from toscaparser.utils.validateutils import TOSCAVersionProperty
 import translator.common.utils
 from translator.hot.syntax.hot_resource import HotResource
 
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ class ToscaCompute(HotResource):
                                                 'distribution',
                                                 distribution)
         version = properties.get('version')
-        version = TOSCAVersionProperty(version).get_version()
         match_version = self._match_images(match_distribution, IMAGES,
                                            'version', version)
 
diff --git a/translator/tests/data/hot_output/hot_single_server_without_tosca_os_version.yaml b/translator/tests/data/hot_output/hot_single_server_without_tosca_os_version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6be8377d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translator/tests/data/hot_output/hot_single_server_without_tosca_os_version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+heat_template_version: 2013-05-23
+
+description: >
+  TOSCA simple profile that just defines a single compute instance and selects a
+  flavor and host Operating System for the Compute node. Note, this is just a test
+  template showing Compute without optional 'version' property of OS capability.
+  In general, you should have version to narrow down your image selection.
+
+parameters: {}
+resources:
+  my_server:
+    type: OS::Nova::Server
+    properties:
+      flavor: m1.medium
+      image: rhel-6.5-test-image
+      key_name: userkey
+      user_data_format: SOFTWARE_CONFIG
+outputs: {}
diff --git a/translator/tests/data/test_single_server_without_optional_version_prop.yaml b/translator/tests/data/test_single_server_without_optional_version_prop.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cf52554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translator/tests/data/test_single_server_without_optional_version_prop.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_0
+
+description: >
+  TOSCA simple profile that just defines a single compute instance and selects a
+  flavor and host Operating System for the Compute node. Note, this is just a test
+  template showing Compute without optional 'version' property of OS capability. In
+  general, you should have version to narrow down your image selection.
+
+topology_template:
+
+  node_templates:
+    my_server:
+      type: Compute
+      capabilities:
+        host:
+          properties:
+            disk_size: 40 GB
+            num_cpus: 2
+            mem_size: 4 MB
+        os:
+          properties:
+            architecture: x86_64
+            type: Linux
+            distribution: RHEL
diff --git a/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py b/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py
index e70fe629..b3fa9bec 100644
--- a/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py
+++ b/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py
@@ -544,3 +544,15 @@ class ToscaHotTranslationTest(TestCase):
                                                                    params)
         self.assertEqual({}, diff, '<difference> : ' +
                          json.dumps(diff, indent=4, separators=(', ', ': ')))
+
+    def test_hot_translate_without_tosca_os_version(self):
+        tosca_file = '../tests/data/' \
+            'test_single_server_without_optional_version_prop.yaml'
+        hot_file = '../tests/data/hot_output/' \
+            'hot_single_server_without_tosca_os_version.yaml'
+        params = {}
+        diff = TranslationUtils.compare_tosca_translation_with_hot(tosca_file,
+                                                                   hot_file,
+                                                                   params)
+        self.assertEqual({}, diff, '<difference> : ' +
+                         json.dumps(diff, indent=4, separators=(', ', ': ')))