Index: contrib/gis/maps/google/gmap.py
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--- contrib/gis/maps/google/gmap.py	(revision 13068)
+++ contrib/gis/maps/google/gmap.py	(working copy)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         # Getting the Google Maps API version, defaults to using the latest ("2.x"),
         # this is not necessarily the most stable.
         if not version:
-            self.version = getattr(settings, 'GOOGLE_MAPS_API_VERSION', '2.x')
+            self.version = getattr(settings, 'GOOGLE_MAPS_API_VERSION', '2')
         else:
             self.version = version