diff --git a/pykickstart/version.py b/pykickstart/version.py
index 379f13f..f107cef 100644
--- a/pykickstart/version.py
+++ b/pykickstart/version.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ F21 = 19000
 F22 = 20000
 F23 = 21000
 
-# This always points at the latest version and is the default.
-DEVEL = F23
+# Point to the proper version of kickstart syntax for this release.
+DEVEL = F21
 
 # A one-to-one mapping from string representations to version numbers.
 versionMap = {
diff --git a/tests/version.py b/tests/version.py
index acb79cd..f0b9c29 100644
--- a/tests/version.py
+++ b/tests/version.py
@@ -155,16 +155,6 @@ class StringToVersion_TestCase(CommandTest):
 class VersionToString_TestCase(CommandTest):
     def runTest(self):
 
-        # Make sure DEVEL is the highest version, but RHEL versions aren't
-        # counted as devel.
-        highest = 0
-        for (ver_str,ver_num) in list(versionMap.items()):
-            if ver_str.startswith("RHEL"):
-                continue
-
-            highest = max(ver_num, highest)
-        self.assertEqual(highest, DEVEL)
-
         # FC series
         self.assertEqual(versionToString(FC3), "FC3")
         self.assertEqual(versionToString(FC4), "FC4")
@@ -191,7 +181,7 @@ class VersionToString_TestCase(CommandTest):
         self.assertEqual(versionToString(F21, skipDevel=True), "F21")
         self.assertEqual(versionToString(F22, skipDevel=True), "F22")
         self.assertEqual(versionToString(F23, skipDevel=True), "F23")
-        self.assertEqual(versionToString(F23, skipDevel=False), "DEVEL")
+        self.assertEqual(versionToString(F21, skipDevel=False), "DEVEL")
         # RHEL series
         self.assertEqual(versionToString(RHEL3), "RHEL3")
         self.assertEqual(versionToString(RHEL4), "RHEL4")