diff --git a/admin/.env.template b/admin/.env.template
index 24725f279..4a65b5a35 100644
--- a/admin/.env.template
+++ b/admin/.env.template
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_VERSION=$ADMIN_CONFIG_VERSION
-
 COMMUNITY_HOST=$COMMUNITY_HOST
 URL_PROTOCOL=$URL_PROTOCOL
 WALLET_AUTH_PATH=$WALLET_AUTH_PATH
diff --git a/backend/.env.template b/backend/.env.template
index 98090546d..71a3b049f 100644
--- a/backend/.env.template
+++ b/backend/.env.template
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# must match the CONFIG_VERSION.EXPECTED definition in scr/config/index.ts
-
 # Server
 JWT_SECRET=$JWT_SECRET
 JWT_EXPIRES_IN=$JWT_EXPIRES_IN
diff --git a/database/.env.template b/database/.env.template
index b5aebba8f..48343a569 100644
--- a/database/.env.template
+++ b/database/.env.template
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_VERSION=$DATABASE_CONFIG_VERSION
-
 DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_USER=$DB_USER
diff --git a/dht-node/.env.template b/dht-node/.env.template
index ad5765f96..e2bcc545d 100644
--- a/dht-node/.env.template
+++ b/dht-node/.env.template
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# must match the CONFIG_VERSION.EXPECTED definition in scr/config/index.ts
-CONFIG_VERSION=$FEDERATION_DHT_CONFIG_VERSION
-
 # Database
 DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
 DB_PORT=3306
@@ -14,7 +11,6 @@ COMMUNITY_NAME=$COMMUNITY_NAME
 COMMUNITY_DESCRIPTION=$COMMUNITY_DESCRIPTION
 
 # Federation
-FEDERATION_DHT_CONFIG_VERSION=$FEDERATION_DHT_CONFIG_VERSION
 # if you set the value of FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC, the DHT hyperswarm will start to announce and listen 
 # on an hash created from this topic
 FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC=$FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC
diff --git a/federation/.env.template b/federation/.env.template
index a4ac298ef..ffd996135 100644
--- a/federation/.env.template
+++ b/federation/.env.template
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# must match the CONFIG_VERSION.EXPECTED definition in scr/config/index.ts
-CONFIG_VERSION=$FEDERATION_CONFIG_VERSION
-
 LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL
 # this is set fix to false, because it is important for 'production' environments. only set to true if a graphql-playground should be in use
 GRAPHIQL=false
diff --git a/frontend/.env.template b/frontend/.env.template
index 4fa775098..553d92ba2 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.template
+++ b/frontend/.env.template
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_VERSION=$FRONTEND_CONFIG_VERSION
-
 # Endpoints
 GRAPHQL_PATH=$GRAPHQL_PATH
 ADMIN_AUTH_PATH=$ADMIN_AUTH_PATH