diff --git a/docker-compose.cleandb.yaml b/docker-compose.cleandb.yaml
index bc9c3892f..9cd563e19 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 7e722e5de..b171cf523 100644
--- a/docker-compose.db.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.db.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 services:
   postgres:
     # db
diff --git a/docker-compose.index.yaml b/docker-compose.index.yaml
index 50ad71d86..d2c5e3dc2 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 82aee231d..c7eeefb0f 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 92d3b1e65..fd39c43c0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.pyspy.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.pyspy.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
-
 services:
   ows:
     cap_add:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index a7515b33e..6353cd94c 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: