diff --git a/Internal.h b/Internal.h
index 58ce4cd..daf810b 100644
--- a/Internal.h
+++ b/Internal.h
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ template <class ConflictSetImpl> struct TestDriver {
   explicit TestDriver(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
       : arbitrary({data, size}) {}
 
-  int64_t oldestVersion = arbitrary.bounded(2) ? 0 : 0xfffffff0;
-  int64_t writeVersion = oldestVersion + 100;
+  int64_t oldestVersion = 0;
+  int64_t writeVersion = 0;
   ConflictSetImpl cs{oldestVersion};
   ReferenceImpl refImpl{oldestVersion};