diff --git a/docker-compose.yml.example b/docker-compose.yml.example
index 88936fb4c..f6312ff50 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml.example
+++ b/docker-compose.yml.example
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ services:
       - ./export:/usr/src/paperless/export
       - ./consume:/usr/src/paperless/consume
     env_file: docker-compose.env
-    environment:
-      - PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGES=
     command: ["supervisord", "-c", "/etc/supervisord.conf"]