diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index c454f96..dba7486 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1688,7 +1688,8 @@
 		When there are two counts, as in "3d2w", they are multiplied,
 		just like what happens in the command, "d6w" for the example.
 		Also used for evaluating the 'formatexpr' option.
-		"count" also works, for backwards compatibility.
+		"count" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
+		|scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
 
 					*v:count1* *count1-variable*
 v:count1	Just like "v:count", but defaults to one when no count is
@@ -1720,7 +1721,8 @@
 	:silent! next
 	:if v:errmsg != ""
 	:  ... handle error
-<		"errmsg" also works, for backwards compatibility.
+<		"errmsg" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
+		|scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
 
 				*v:errors* *errors-variable* *assert-return*
 v:errors	Errors found by assert functions, such as |assert_true()|.
@@ -2023,7 +2025,8 @@
 	:if v:shell_error
 	:  echo 'could not rename "foo" to "bar"!'
 	:endif
-<		"shell_error" also works, for backwards compatibility.
+<		"shell_error" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
+		|scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
 
 					*v:statusmsg* *statusmsg-variable*
 v:statusmsg	Last given status message.  It's allowed to set this variable.
@@ -2123,7 +2126,8 @@
 v:this_session	Full filename of the last loaded or saved session file.  See
 		|:mksession|.  It is allowed to set this variable.  When no
 		session file has been saved, this variable is empty.
-		"this_session" also works, for backwards compatibility.
+		"this_session" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
+		|scriptversion| is 3 or higher
 
 					*v:throwpoint* *throwpoint-variable*
 v:throwpoint	The point where the exception most recently caught and not
@@ -2154,7 +2158,7 @@
 v:version	Version number of Vim: Major version number times 100 plus
 		minor version number.  Version 5.0 is 500.  Version 5.1 (5.01)
 		is 501.  Read-only.  "version" also works, for backwards
-		compatibility.
+		compatibility, unless |scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
 		Use |has()| to check if a certain patch was included, e.g.: >
 			if has("patch-7.4.123")
 <		Note that patch numbers are specific to the version, thus both
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 5f45d69..dd66287 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -7672,10 +7672,14 @@
 	    return NULL;
 	*varname = name;
 
-	/* "version" is "v:version" in all scopes */
-	hi = hash_find(&compat_hashtab, name);
-	if (!HASHITEM_EMPTY(hi))
-	    return &compat_hashtab;
+	// "version" is "v:version" in all scopes if scriptversion < 3.
+	// Same for a few other variables marked with VV_COMPAT.
+	if (current_sctx.sc_version < 3)
+	{
+	    hi = hash_find(&compat_hashtab, name);
+	    if (!HASHITEM_EMPTY(hi))
+		return &compat_hashtab;
+	}
 
 	ht = get_funccal_local_ht();
 	if (ht == NULL)
diff --git a/src/ex_cmds2.c b/src/ex_cmds2.c
index 31caa93..46d6dcb 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds2.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds2.c
@@ -5127,7 +5127,7 @@
     nr = getdigits(&eap->arg);
     if (nr == 0 || *eap->arg != NUL)
 	emsg(_(e_invarg));
-    else if (nr > 2)
+    else if (nr > 3)
 	semsg(_("E999: scriptversion not supported: %d"), nr);
     else
 	current_sctx.sc_version = nr;
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim b/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
index d6aeb6f..cba66b7 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
@@ -154,6 +154,22 @@
   endif
 endfunc
 
+scriptversion 3
+func Test_vvar_scriptversion3()
+  call assert_fails('echo version', 'E121:')
+  call assert_false(exists('version'))
+  let version = 1
+  call assert_equal(1, version)
+endfunc
+
+scriptversion 2
+func Test_vvar_scriptversion2()
+  call assert_true(exists('version'))
+  echo version
+  call assert_fails('let version = 1', 'E46:')
+  call assert_equal(v:version, version)
+endfunc
+
 func Test_scriptversion()
   call writefile(['scriptversion 9'], 'Xversionscript')
   call assert_fails('source Xversionscript', 'E999:')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index f9b53b0..2761458 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -772,6 +772,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1188,
+/**/
     1187,
 /**/
     1186,