diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 44ace07191b..c5783d442c8 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@
     <datatype extension="scf" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Scf" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true" description="A binary sequence file in 'scf' format with a '.scf' file extension.  You must manually select this 'File Format' when uploading the file." description_url="https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#Scf"/>
     <datatype extension="Sequences" type="galaxy.datatypes.assembly:Sequences" display_in_upload="false"/>
     <datatype extension="snpeffdb" type="galaxy.datatypes.text:SnpEffDb" display_in_upload="True"/>
-    <datatype extension="snpeffdbv4" type="galaxy.datatypes.text:SnpEffDb" subclass="True" display_in_upload="True"/>
     <datatype extension="snpsiftdbnsfp" type="galaxy.datatypes.txt:SnpSiftDbNSFP" display_in_upload="True"/>
     <datatype extension="dbnsfp.tabular" type="galaxy.datatypes.tabular:Tabular" subclass="True" display_in_upload="True">
         <converter file="tabular_to_dbnsfp.xml" target_datatype="snpsiftdbnsfp"/>