diff --git a/distribution/docker/environment b/distribution/docker/environment
index 216c80b95c2..8d8f465a183 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/environment
+++ b/distribution/docker/environment
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ druid_metadata_storage_connector_connectURI=jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/drui
 druid_metadata_storage_connector_user=druid
 druid_metadata_storage_connector_password=FoolishPassword
 
-druid_coordinator_balancer_strategy=cachingCost
-
 druid_indexer_runner_javaOptsArray=["-server", "-Xmx1g", "-Xms1g", "-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=3g", "-Duser.timezone=UTC", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8", "-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager"]
 druid_indexer_fork_property_druid_processing_buffer_sizeBytes=256MiB