diff --git a/docs/env-variables.md b/docs/env-variables.md
index 7dc050716cd..09d71367063 100644
--- a/docs/env-variables.md
+++ b/docs/env-variables.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Operator behavior can be customized using environment variables in the `minio-op
 |MINIO_OPERATOR_CSR_SIGNER_NAME| The name to use for the CSR Signer. It will override the default                                                                                                                                       |                         | `kubernetes.io/kubelet-serving` |
 |SUBNET_BASE_URL| Subnet base URL                                                                                                                                                                                        |                         | https://subnet.min.io           |
 |OPERATOR_CERT_PASSWD| This is used to decrypt the private key in the TLS certificate for operator, if needed                                                                                                                 |                         |                                 |
-|MINIO_OPERATOR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME| This specifies a custom deployment name for Operator                                                                                                                                                   |                         | `minio-operator`                |
 |OPERATOR_STS_ENABLED| This toggles the STS Service on or off                                                                                                                                                                 | `on`, `off`                 | `on`                            |
 |OPERATOR_STS_AUTO_TLS_ENABLED| Env variable name to turn on and off generating the STS TLS certificate automatically using CSR. If it is disabled, you must provide a certificate issued externally                                                    | `on`, `off`                 | `on`                            |
 |WATCHED_NAMESPACE| The namespaces which the operator watches for MinIO tenants. Defaults to `""` for all namespaces.                                                                                                      |                         |                                 |
diff --git a/helm/operator/values.yaml b/helm/operator/values.yaml
index 434d72e294d..169e6e11975 100644
--- a/helm/operator/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/operator/values.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ operator:
   # .. code-block:: yaml
   #
   #    env:
-  #    - name: MINIO_OPERATOR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME
-  #      valueFrom:
-  #        fieldRef:
-  #          fieldPath: metadata.labels['app.kubernetes.io/name']
   #    - name: CLUSTER_DOMAIN
   #      value: "cluster.domain"
   #    - name: WATCHED_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/pkg/controller/operator.go b/pkg/controller/operator.go
index 1cffa9eb0f4..0e68286c877 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/operator.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 
 	miniov2 "github.com/minio/operator/pkg/apis/minio.min.io/v2"
 	xcerts "github.com/minio/pkg/certs"
-	"github.com/minio/pkg/env"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -43,8 +42,6 @@ import (
 const (
 	// CertPasswordEnv Env variable is used to decrypt the private key in the TLS certificate for operator if need it
 	CertPasswordEnv = "OPERATOR_CERT_PASSWD"
-	// OperatorDeploymentNameEnv Env variable to specify a custom deployment name for Operator
-	OperatorDeploymentNameEnv = "MINIO_OPERATOR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME"
 	// OperatorCATLSSecretName is the name of the secret for the operator CA
 	OperatorCATLSSecretName = "operator-ca-tls"
 	// DefaultDeploymentName is the default name of the operator deployment
@@ -304,8 +301,3 @@ func (c *Controller) createBuckets(ctx context.Context, tenant *miniov2.Tenant,
 	}
 	return created, err
 }
-
-// getOperatorDeploymentName Internal func returns the Operator deployment name from MINIO_OPERATOR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME ENV variable or the default name
-func getOperatorDeploymentName() string {
-	return env.Get(OperatorDeploymentNameEnv, DefaultDeploymentName)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/sts.go b/pkg/controller/sts.go
index 6d64b6257a0..9507095b0d0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/sts.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/sts.go
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func IsSTSAutocertEnabled() bool {
 
 // generateConsoleTLSCert Issues the Operator Console TLS Certificate
 func (c *Controller) generateSTSTLSCert() (*string, *string) {
-	return c.generateTLSCertificateForService("sts", STSTLSSecretName, getOperatorDeploymentName())
+	return c.generateTLSCertificateForService("sts", STSTLSSecretName, DefaultDeploymentName)
 }
 
 // waitSTSTLSCert Waits for the Operator leader to issue the TLS Certificate for STS