diff --git a/infrastructure/docker-compose.production-deploy.yml b/infrastructure/docker-compose.production-deploy.yml
index bcbb7e900..55849ed59 100644
--- a/infrastructure/docker-compose.production-deploy.yml
+++ b/infrastructure/docker-compose.production-deploy.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ services:
 
   metrics:
     environment:
-      - QA_ENV=true
       - NODE_ENV=production
       - SENTRY_DSN=${SENTRY_DSN}
       - MONGO_URL=mongodb://metrics:${METRICS_MONGODB_PASSWORD}@mongo1,mongo2/metrics?replicaSet=rs0
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ services:
 
   auth:
     environment:
-      - QA_ENV=true
       - NODE_ENV=production
       - SENTRY_DSN=${SENTRY_DSN}
     deploy:
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ services:
 
   user-mgnt:
     environment:
-      - QA_ENV=true
       - NODE_ENV=production
       - SENTRY_DSN=${SENTRY_DSN}
       - MONGO_URL=mongodb://user-mgnt:${USER_MGNT_MONGODB_PASSWORD}@mongo1,mongo2/user-mgnt?replicaSet=rs0