diff --git a/chart/templates/db-sync-deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/db-sync-deployment.yaml
index d1dcbdd43d6616..ff70953fafdd2b 100644
--- a/chart/templates/db-sync-deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/db-sync-deployment.yaml
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ spec:
         securityContext:
           privileged: false
 {{ include "gitpod.container.defaultEnv" $this | indent 8 }}
-        - name: VERSION
-          value: "${{ .Values.version }}"
       - name: db-sync-sessions
         image: {{ template "gitpod.comp.imageFull" $this }}
         command: [ "node", "--max-old-space-size=2048", "lib/main.js" ]
diff --git a/components/ee/db-sync/src/main.ts b/components/ee/db-sync/src/main.ts
index d94f4c417cd1ce..ab22231bea0d3e 100644
--- a/components/ee/db-sync/src/main.ts
+++ b/components/ee/db-sync/src/main.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { log } from '@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/logging';
 import { ICommand } from "./commands";
 import { Container } from "inversify";
 import { productionContainerModule } from "./container-module";
-log.enableJSONLogging('db-sync', process.env.VERSION);
+log.enableJSONLogging('db-sync', undefined);
 
 const parser = new ArgumentParser({
     version: "0.1.5",