diff --git a/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py b/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py
index 0b789fc79c1..77e92eeb8c5 100644
--- a/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py
+++ b/rest_framework/schemas/generators.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class BaseSchemaGenerator(object):
     # Set by 'SCHEMA_COERCE_PATH_PK'.
     coerce_path_pk = None
 
-    def __init__(self, title=None, url=None, description=None, patterns=None, urlconf=None, version='0.1.0'):
+    def __init__(self, title=None, url=None, description=None, patterns=None, urlconf=None, version=''):
         if url and not url.endswith('/'):
             url += '/'