diff --git a/server/lib/elastic-search/elastic-search-instances.ts b/server/lib/elastic-search/elastic-search-instances.ts
index 44555ae..194e67e 100644
--- a/server/lib/elastic-search/elastic-search-instances.ts
+++ b/server/lib/elastic-search/elastic-search-instances.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { AggregationsStringTermsAggregate } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types'
 import { elasticSearch } from '../../helpers/elastic-search'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/constants'
-import { listIndexInstancesHost } from '../requests/instances-index'
+import { getMajorInstanceVersion, listIndexInstancesHost } from '../requests/instances-index'
 import { extractBucketsFromAggregation } from './elastic-search-queries'
+import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
 
 async function buildInstanceHosts () {
   let indexHosts = await listIndexInstancesHost()
@@ -15,6 +16,16 @@ async function buildInstanceHosts () {
     indexHosts = indexHosts.filter(h => whitelistHosts.includes(h))
   }
 
+  for (const indexHost of indexHosts) {
+    const instanceVersion = await getMajorInstanceVersion(indexHost)
+
+    if (instanceVersion < 4) {
+      logger.info(`Do not index ${indexHost} because the major version is too low (v${instanceVersion} < v4)`)
+
+      indexHosts = indexHosts.filter(h => h === indexHost)
+    }
+  }
+
   const dbHosts = await listDBInstances()
   const removedHosts = getRemovedHosts(dbHosts, indexHosts)
 
diff --git a/server/lib/requests/instances-index.ts b/server/lib/requests/instances-index.ts
index a0083be..210a0e7 100644
--- a/server/lib/requests/instances-index.ts
+++ b/server/lib/requests/instances-index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { doRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
 
-async function listIndexInstancesHost (): Promise<string[]> {
+export async function listIndexInstancesHost (): Promise<string[]> {
   const uri = CONFIG.INSTANCES_INDEX.URL
 
   const qs = {
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ async function listIndexInstancesHost (): Promise<string[]> {
   return body.data.map(o => o.host as string)
 }
 
-export {
-  listIndexInstancesHost
+export async function getMajorInstanceVersion (host: string): Promise<number> {
+  const { body } = await doRequest<any>({ uri: `https://${host}/api/v1/config`, json: true })
+
+  const version = body.serverVersion
+
+  const majorVersion = parseInt(version.split('.')[0])
+
+  return isNaN(majorVersion)
+    ? 0
+    : majorVersion
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/requests/peertube-instance.ts b/server/lib/requests/peertube-instance.ts
index f7f032f..f53f819 100644
--- a/server/lib/requests/peertube-instance.ts
+++ b/server/lib/requests/peertube-instance.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ async function getVideos (host: string, start: number): Promise<IndexableVideo[]
     uri: url,
     qs: {
       start,
-      filter: 'local', // Deprecated filter for old PeerTube instances
       isLocal: true,
       nsfw: 'both',
       skipCount: true,
diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/indexation-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/indexation-scheduler.ts
index 660539d..c9375d8 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/indexation-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/indexation-scheduler.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { PlaylistIndexer } from '../indexers/playlist-indexer'
 import { VideoIndexer } from '../indexers/video-indexer'
 import { getPlaylistsOf, getVideos } from '../requests/peertube-instance'
 import { AbstractScheduler } from './abstract-scheduler'
+import { getMajorInstanceVersion } from '../requests/instances-index'
 
 export class IndexationScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {