diff --git a/src/datacustomcode/templates/Dockerfile b/src/datacustomcode/templates/Dockerfile
index d0fe283..23eba84 100644
--- a/src/datacustomcode/templates/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/datacustomcode/templates/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ FROM public.ecr.aws/emr-on-eks/spark/emr-7.3.0:latest
 
 USER root
 
-ENV ENVIRONMENT=Outside_DataCloud
-
 # install from dev requirements.txt
 COPY requirements-dev.txt ./requirements-dev.txt
 RUN pip3.11 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt