diff --git a/.env.docker b/.env.docker
index 39b3fae4..68a230e2 100644
--- a/.env.docker
+++ b/.env.docker
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ BACKUP_ENABLED=false
 # Choose the destination of the backup. If you set up AWS S3 credentials below you may choose 's3' which is used
 # as a synonym for AWS. Leave blank or set to 'local' if you want to store backups within /storage/app/backups.
 BACKUP_DISK=s3
-# Set to false if you do not want to be notified about successful or broken backups
-BACKUP_NOTIFICATIONS=true
 # The notification email may be used to get backup notifications
 BACKUP_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=your@email.com
 # Maximum size of all backups in megabytes
diff --git a/.env.docker.production b/.env.docker.production
index 138261e2..5cd8fb46 100644
--- a/.env.docker.production
+++ b/.env.docker.production
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ BACKUP_ENABLED=false
 # Choose the destination of the backup. If you set up AWS S3 credentials below you may choose 's3' which is used
 # as a synonym for AWS. Leave blank or set to 'local' if you want to store backups within /storage/app/backups.
 BACKUP_DISK=s3
-# Set to false if you do not want to be notified about successful or broken backups
-BACKUP_NOTIFICATIONS=true
 # The notification email may be used to get backup notifications
 BACKUP_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=your@email.com
 # Maximum size of all backups in megabytes
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 55914b5a..281c5ad4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ BACKUP_ENABLED=false
 # Choose the destination of the backup. If you set up AWS S3 credentials below you may choose 'cloud' which is used
 # as a synonym for AWS. Leave blank or set to 'local' if you want to store backups within /storage/app/backups.
 BACKUP_DISK=cloud
-# Set to false if you do not want to be notified about successful or broken backups
-BACKUP_NOTIFICATIONS=true
 # The notification email may be used to get backup notifications, Mail must be configured for this to work!
 BACKUP_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=your@email.com
 # Maximum size of the backups in megabytes