diff --git a/docker-compose.override.example.yml b/docker-compose.override.example.yml
index edb5424fdeca..d55e1f05c265 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.example.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.example.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ services:
   backend:
     environment:
       OPENPROJECT_CLI_PROXY: "http://localhost:${FE_PORT:-4200}"
+      OPENPROJECT_HOST__NAME: "${HOST:-localhost}:${PORT:-3000}"
     ports:
       - "${PORT:-3000}:3000"
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ff9fcc78de41..5c3e420c8555 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ x-op-backend: &backend
   environment:
     LOCAL_DEV_CHECK: "${LOCAL_DEV_CHECK:?The docker-compose file for OpenProject has moved to https://github.com/opf/openproject-deploy}"
     RAILS_ENV: development
-    OPENPROJECT_HOST__NAME: "${HOST:-localhost}:${PORT:-3000}"
     OPENPROJECT_CACHE__MEMCACHE__SERVER: cache:11211
     OPENPROJECT_RAILS__CACHE__STORE: file_store
     OPENPROJECT_RAILS__RELATIVE__URL__ROOT: "${OPENPROJECT_RAILS__RELATIVE__URL__ROOT:-}"
@@ -67,8 +66,6 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db
       - cache
-    ports:
-      - "${PORT:-3000}:3000"
 
   worker:
     <<: *backend
@@ -90,8 +87,6 @@ services:
       - network
     depends_on:
       - backend
-    ports:
-      - "${FE_PORT:-4200}:4200"
 
   db:
     image: postgres:13