diff --git a/docker-compose.cleandb.yaml b/docker-compose.cleandb.yaml
index df48aeb1..5a771f79 100644
--- a/docker-compose.cleandb.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.cleandb.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 services:
   postgres:
     # clean postgis db
diff --git a/docker-compose.db.yaml b/docker-compose.db.yaml
index 9691920f..e1c6d758 100644
--- a/docker-compose.db.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.db.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 services:
   postgres:
     # db with some data from s2_l2a pre-indexed
diff --git a/docker-compose.index.yaml b/docker-compose.index.yaml
index 50ad71d8..d2c5e3dc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.index.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.index.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 services:
   index:
     image: opendatacube/datacube-index:latest
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yaml b/docker-compose.prod.yaml
index 986cf2d7..b5db253b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 # override default compose to change the launch command
 
 services:
diff --git a/docker-compose.pyspy.yaml b/docker-compose.pyspy.yaml
index a89ca3f8..2bba0f49 100644
--- a/docker-compose.pyspy.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.pyspy.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 services:
   ows_18:
     cap_add:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 8f387e7d..ba687afb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 # Default compose will create an ows image, with dev settings and connect to a local db
 services:
   ows_18: