diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9261ba0..641f7d5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3dae
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="20240206.2.0"
 
-ARG VERSION=${org.opencontainers.image.ref.name}
-
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
     OS_FLAVOUR="debian-12" \