diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8f93069f..60efd36c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.08.29.18.56.54
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.08.29.21.15.25
diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index 63aaaaf3..a717e5a6 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -1549,9 +1549,11 @@ class Auth(object):
         does automatically.
 
         """
-        tables = [table for table in tables]
         for table in tables:
-            if '_id' in table.fields() and 'modified_on' in table.fields() and not current_record in table.fields():
+            fieldnames = table.fields()
+            if ('id' in fieldnames and 
+                'modified_on' in fieldnames and 
+                not current_record in fieldnames):
                 table._enable_record_versioning(
                     archive_db=archive_db,
                     archive_name=archive_names,