diff --git a/docker-compose/db-only-migrate.docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/db-only-migrate.docker-compose.yaml
index 0516c0ec4..e78a6c3be 100644
--- a/docker-compose/db-only-migrate.docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/db-only-migrate.docker-compose.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # See https://sourcegraph.com/docs/self-hosted/deploy/docker-compose/operations
 #
 # 🚨This file MUST be kept in sync with the pgsql definition in docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
-version: '2.4'
 services:
   # Description: PostgreSQL database for various data.
   #
diff --git a/docker-compose/dev/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/dev/docker-compose.yaml
index 5e76915b9..baecf3d0f 100644
--- a/docker-compose/dev/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/dev/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Development overlay - has reduced resource requirements, and exposes the deployment on
 # 127.0.0.1:8080
 
-version: '2.4'
 services:
   zoekt-webserver-0:
     cpus: 1
diff --git a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index f24697eaa..6febd829d 100644
--- a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '2.4'
 services:
   # Description: This container will migrate the Postgres `frontend`,
   # `codeintel`, and `codeinsights` databases
diff --git a/docker-compose/executors/executor.docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/executors/executor.docker-compose.yaml
index 081b0871f..473bc7072 100644
--- a/docker-compose/executors/executor.docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/executors/executor.docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '2.4'
 services:
   executor:
     container_name: executor
diff --git a/docker-compose/jaeger/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/jaeger/docker-compose.yaml
index 953ead58a..a74593689 100644
--- a/docker-compose/jaeger/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/jaeger/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '2.4'
 services:
   # Description: Jaeger all-in-one instance
   # (https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/2.16/getting-started/) for distributed tracing.