diff --git a/awx/api/generics.py b/awx/api/generics.py
index 8f1774d8b6..0c16a3790f 100644
--- a/awx/api/generics.py
+++ b/awx/api/generics.py
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ class APIView(views.APIView):
 
         response = super(APIView, self).finalize_response(request, response, *args, **kwargs)
         time_started = getattr(self, 'time_started', None)
-        response['X-API-Product-Version'] = get_awx_version()
+        if request.user.is_authenticated:
+            response['X-API-Product-Version'] = get_awx_version()
         response['X-API-Product-Name'] = server_product_name()
 
         response['X-API-Node'] = settings.CLUSTER_HOST_ID
diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py
index 1b7eccee1f..5f59548ba9 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py
@@ -533,13 +533,7 @@ class ControllerAPIModule(ControllerModule):
                 controller_version = response.info().getheader('X-API-Product-Version', None)
 
             parsed_collection_version = Version(self._COLLECTION_VERSION).version
-            if not controller_version:
-                self.warn(
-                    "You are using the {0} version of this collection but connecting to a controller that did not return a version".format(
-                        self._COLLECTION_VERSION
-                    )
-                )
-            else:
+            if controller_version:
                 parsed_controller_version = Version(controller_version).version
                 if controller_type == 'AWX':
                     collection_compare_ver = parsed_collection_version[0]
diff --git a/awx_collection/test/awx/test_module_utils.py b/awx_collection/test/awx/test_module_utils.py
index 088b5368a7..cbdc172a35 100644
--- a/awx_collection/test/awx/test_module_utils.py
+++ b/awx_collection/test/awx/test_module_utils.py
@@ -76,21 +76,6 @@ def test_version_warning(collection_import, silence_warning):
     )
 
 
-def test_no_version_warning(collection_import, silence_warning):
-    ControllerAPIModule = collection_import('plugins.module_utils.controller_api').ControllerAPIModule
-    cli_data = {'ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS': {}}
-    testargs = ['module_file2.py', json.dumps(cli_data)]
-    with mock.patch.object(sys, 'argv', testargs):
-        with mock.patch('ansible.module_utils.urls.Request.open', new=mock_no_ping_response):
-            my_module = ControllerAPIModule(argument_spec=dict())
-            my_module._COLLECTION_VERSION = "2.0.0"
-            my_module._COLLECTION_TYPE = "awx"
-            my_module.get_endpoint('ping')
-    silence_warning.assert_called_once_with(
-        'You are using the {0} version of this collection but connecting to a controller that did not return a version'.format(my_module._COLLECTION_VERSION)
-    )
-
-
 def test_version_warning_strictness_awx(collection_import, silence_warning):
     ControllerAPIModule = collection_import('plugins.module_utils.controller_api').ControllerAPIModule
     cli_data = {'ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS': {}}