diff --git a/ops/gcp_leoclean_nosend_prompt_ingress.py b/ops/gcp_leoclean_nosend_prompt_ingress.py
index c2dad8c..2a885c7 100644
--- a/ops/gcp_leoclean_nosend_prompt_ingress.py
+++ b/ops/gcp_leoclean_nosend_prompt_ingress.py
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ def _status_environment(profile: Path) -> dict[str, str]:
         "LANG": "C",
         "LC_ALL": "C",
         "PATH": "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
-        "PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE": "1",
         "PYTHONNOUSERSITE": "1",
         "PYTHONSAFEPATH": "1",
     }