diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a95c249bce..7d5ab9d730 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 services:
   docs:
-    # By default, docker-compose up --build builds docs for a development
+    # By default, docker compose up --build builds docs for a development
     # environment (no Google Analytics, omitting some enterprise redirects,
-    # etc.
+    # etc.)
     #
     # To test a "production" build, override the environment using:
     #
-    # JEKYLL_ENV=production docker-compose up --build
+    # JEKYLL_ENV=production docker compose up --build
     build:
       args:
-        # FIXME: docker-compose should behave the same as the docker CLI here
-        # and if `JEKYLL_ENV` is not set in the current environment, ignore
-        # the --build-arg, and use the default that's defined in the Dockerfile.
-        # Setting a default here as a workaround.
-        # - JEKYLL_ENV
-        - JEKYLL_ENV=${JEKYLL_ENV:-development}
+        - JEKYLL_ENV
       context: .
     image: docs/docstage
     ports: