diff --git a/backend/src/utils/notebookUtils.ts b/backend/src/utils/notebookUtils.ts
index 02335eaa4c..838a8fd0b8 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/notebookUtils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/notebookUtils.ts
@@ -300,10 +300,6 @@ export const assembleNotebook = async (
                   --ServerApp.quit_button=False
                   --ServerApp.tornado_settings={"user":"${translatedUsername}","hub_host":"${url}","hub_prefix":"/notebookController/${translatedUsername}"}`,
                 },
-                {
-                  name: 'JUPYTER_IMAGE',
-                  value: imageUrl,
-                },
                 ...configMapEnvs,
                 ...secretEnvs,
               ],
diff --git a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockNotebookK8sResource.ts b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockNotebookK8sResource.ts
index 3235e20141..68ba9cbd45 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockNotebookK8sResource.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockNotebookK8sResource.ts
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ export const mockNotebookK8sResource = ({
                     value:
                       '--ServerApp.port=8888\n                  --ServerApp.token=\'\'\n                  --ServerApp.password=\'\'\n                  --ServerApp.base_url=/notebook/project/workbench\n                  --ServerApp.quit_button=False\n                  --ServerApp.tornado_settings={"user":"user","hub_host":"http://localhost:4010","hub_prefix":"/projects/project"}',
                   },
-                  {
-                    name: 'JUPYTER_IMAGE',
-                    value:
-                      'image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/opendatahub/code-server-notebook:2023.2',
-                  },
                 ],
                 envFrom,
                 image,
diff --git a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockPodK8sResource.ts b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockPodK8sResource.ts
index 74042351e6..d379ac584e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockPodK8sResource.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockPodK8sResource.ts
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ export const mockPodK8sResource = ({
             value:
               '--ServerApp.port=8888\n                  --ServerApp.token=\'\'\n                  --ServerApp.password=\'\'\n                  --ServerApp.base_url=/notebook/project/workbench\n                  --ServerApp.quit_button=False\n                  --ServerApp.tornado_settings={"user":"user","hub_host":"http://localhost:4010","hub_prefix":"/projects/project"}',
           },
-          {
-            name: 'JUPYTER_IMAGE',
-            value:
-              'image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/redhat-ods-applications/s2i-minimal-notebook:py3.8-v1',
-          },
           {
             name: 'NB_PREFIX',
             value: '/notebook/project/workbench',
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/k8s/notebooks.ts b/frontend/src/api/k8s/notebooks.ts
index 99039899e2..a07274280c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/k8s/notebooks.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/k8s/notebooks.ts
@@ -137,10 +137,6 @@ export const assembleNotebook = (
                   --ServerApp.quit_button=False
                   --ServerApp.tornado_settings={"user":"${translatedUsername}","hub_host":"${origin}","hub_prefix":"/projects/${projectName}"}`,
                 },
-                {
-                  name: 'JUPYTER_IMAGE',
-                  value: imageUrl,
-                },
               ],
               envFrom,
               resources,