diff --git a/util/Setup/Configuration.cs b/util/Setup/Configuration.cs
index 37afa09c3a8e..264eef05b28a 100644
--- a/util/Setup/Configuration.cs
+++ b/util/Setup/Configuration.cs
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ public class Configuration
         "Learn more: https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/#ports")]
     public string HttpsPort { get; set; } = "443";
 
-    [Description("Docker compose file version. Leave empty for default.\n" +
-        "Learn more: https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-versioning/")]
-    public string ComposeVersion { get; set; }
-
     [Description("Configure Nginx for Captcha.")]
     public bool Captcha { get; set; } = false;
 
diff --git a/util/Setup/DockerComposeBuilder.cs b/util/Setup/DockerComposeBuilder.cs
index 0d76dc9e923d..b5976e90ccf0 100644
--- a/util/Setup/DockerComposeBuilder.cs
+++ b/util/Setup/DockerComposeBuilder.cs
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ public class TemplateModel
     {
         public TemplateModel(Context context)
         {
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(context.Config.ComposeVersion))
-            {
-                ComposeVersion = context.Config.ComposeVersion;
-            }
             MssqlDataDockerVolume = context.Config.DatabaseDockerVolume;
             EnableKeyConnector = context.Config.EnableKeyConnector;
             EnableScim = context.Config.EnableScim;
@@ -65,7 +61,6 @@ public TemplateModel(Context context)
             }
         }
 
-        public string ComposeVersion { get; set; } = "3";
         public bool MssqlDataDockerVolume { get; set; }
         public bool EnableKeyConnector { get; set; }
         public bool EnableScim { get; set; }
diff --git a/util/Setup/Templates/DockerCompose.hbs b/util/Setup/Templates/DockerCompose.hbs
index 851dcdd111a2..d9ad6c4613aa 100644
--- a/util/Setup/Templates/DockerCompose.hbs
+++ b/util/Setup/Templates/DockerCompose.hbs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # ./bwdata/config.yml file for your installation.                       #
 #########################################################################
 
-version: '{{{ComposeVersion}}}'
-
 services:
   mssql:
     image: bitwarden/mssql:{{{CoreVersion}}}