diff --git a/backend/remote/backend.go b/backend/remote/backend.go
index f2fefb5ba1..34fa84bbf2 100644
--- a/backend/remote/backend.go
+++ b/backend/remote/backend.go
@@ -641,10 +641,7 @@ func (b *Remote) StateMgr(name string) (statemgr.Full, error) {
 	// accidentally upgrade state with a new code path, and the version check
 	// logic is coarser and simpler.
 	if !b.ignoreVersionConflict {
-		wsv := workspace.TerraformVersion
-		// Explicitly ignore the pseudo-version "latest" here, as it will cause
-		// plan and apply to always fail.
-		if wsv != tfversion.String() && wsv != "latest" {
+		if workspace.TerraformVersion != tfversion.String() {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Remote workspace Terraform version %q does not match local Terraform version %q", workspace.TerraformVersion, tfversion.String())
 		}
 	}
@@ -897,13 +894,6 @@ func (b *Remote) VerifyWorkspaceTerraformVersion(workspaceName string) tfdiags.D
 		return diags
 	}
 
-	// If the workspace has the pseudo-version "latest", all bets are off. We
-	// cannot reasonably determine what the intended Terraform version is, so
-	// we'll skip version verification.
-	if workspace.TerraformVersion == "latest" {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	remoteVersion, err := version.NewSemver(workspace.TerraformVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		diags = diags.Append(tfdiags.Sourceless(
diff --git a/backend/remote/backend_test.go b/backend/remote/backend_test.go
index 139ddafd30..46dc5c64a0 100644
--- a/backend/remote/backend_test.go
+++ b/backend/remote/backend_test.go
@@ -515,45 +515,6 @@ func TestRemote_StateMgr_versionCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRemote_StateMgr_versionCheckLatest(t *testing.T) {
-	b, bCleanup := testBackendDefault(t)
-	defer bCleanup()
-
-	v0140 := version.Must(version.NewSemver("0.14.0"))
-
-	// Save original local version state and restore afterwards
-	p := tfversion.Prerelease
-	v := tfversion.Version
-	s := tfversion.SemVer
-	defer func() {
-		tfversion.Prerelease = p
-		tfversion.Version = v
-		tfversion.SemVer = s
-	}()
-
-	// For this test, the local Terraform version is set to 0.14.0
-	tfversion.Prerelease = ""
-	tfversion.Version = v0140.String()
-	tfversion.SemVer = v0140
-
-	// Update the remote workspace to the pseudo-version "latest"
-	if _, err := b.client.Workspaces.Update(
-		context.Background(),
-		b.organization,
-		b.workspace,
-		tfe.WorkspaceUpdateOptions{
-			TerraformVersion: tfe.String("latest"),
-		},
-	); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// This should succeed despite not being a string match
-	if _, err := b.StateMgr(backend.DefaultStateName); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRemote_VerifyWorkspaceTerraformVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		local   string
@@ -567,7 +528,6 @@ func TestRemote_VerifyWorkspaceTerraformVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		{"0.14.0", "1.1.0", true},
 		{"1.2.0", "1.2.99", false},
 		{"1.2.0", "1.3.0", true},
-		{"0.15.0", "latest", false},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("local %s, remote %s", tc.local, tc.remote), func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -575,6 +535,7 @@ func TestRemote_VerifyWorkspaceTerraformVersion(t *testing.T) {
 			defer bCleanup()
 
 			local := version.Must(version.NewSemver(tc.local))
+			remote := version.Must(version.NewSemver(tc.remote))
 
 			// Save original local version state and restore afterwards
 			p := tfversion.Prerelease
@@ -598,7 +559,7 @@ func TestRemote_VerifyWorkspaceTerraformVersion(t *testing.T) {
 				b.organization,
 				b.workspace,
 				tfe.WorkspaceUpdateOptions{
-					TerraformVersion: tfe.String(tc.remote),
+					TerraformVersion: tfe.String(remote.String()),
 				},
 			); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("error: %v", err)