diff --git a/playbooks/roles/codesearch/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/codesearch/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
index 544b3bd0f3..03543d9598 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/codesearch/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/codesearch/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
-
 services:
   hound:
     restart: always
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
index 1bae5667af..ddd39b47be 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# Version 2 is the latest that is supported by docker-compose in
-# Ubuntu Xenial.
-version: '2'
-
 services:
   grafana:
     restart: always
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jaeger/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/jaeger/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
index 4842e1c4fb..ab038b7184 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jaeger/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jaeger/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# Version 2 is the latest that is supported by docker-compose in
-# Ubuntu Xenial.
-version: '2'
-
 services:
   jaeger:
     image: docker.io/jaegertracing/all-in-one:1.58.1
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/lodgeit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/lodgeit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
index 71f58c4a0d..4a57076113 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/lodgeit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/lodgeit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 services:
   mariadb:
     image: quay.io/opendevmirror/mariadb:10.11