diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 3508b6e7..b5760c2b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-# Container names
-NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME=nginx
-REDIS_CONTAINER_NAME=redis
-POSTGRESQL_CONTAINER_NAME=db
-SOLR_CONTAINER_NAME=solr
-DATAPUSHER_CONTAINER_NAME=datapusher
-CKAN_CONTAINER_NAME=ckan
-WORKER_CONTAINER_NAME=ckan-worker
-
 # Host Ports
 CKAN_PORT_HOST=5000
 NGINX_PORT_HOST=81
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0f5330fb..4f004d71 100755
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ volumes:
 services:
 
   nginx:
-    container_name: ${NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME}
     build:
       context: nginx/
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ services:
       - "0.0.0.0:${NGINX_SSLPORT_HOST}:${NGINX_SSLPORT}"
     
   ckan:
-    container_name: ${CKAN_CONTAINER_NAME}
     build:
       context: ckan/
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ services:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:5000"]
     
   datapusher:
-    container_name: ${DATAPUSHER_CONTAINER_NAME}
     networks:
       - ckannet
       - dbnet
@@ -60,7 +57,6 @@ services:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:8800"]
 
   db:
-    container_name: ${POSTGRESQL_CONTAINER_NAME}
     build:
       context: postgresql/
     networks:
@@ -82,7 +78,6 @@ services:
       test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-U", "${POSTGRES_USER}", "-d", "${POSTGRES_DB}"]
      
   solr:
-    container_name: ${SOLR_CONTAINER_NAME}
     networks:
       - solrnet
     image: ckan/ckan-solr:${SOLR_IMAGE_VERSION}
@@ -93,7 +88,6 @@ services:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:8983/solr/"]
 
   redis:
-    container_name: ${REDIS_CONTAINER_NAME}
     image: redis:${REDIS_VERSION}
     networks:
       - redisnet