diff --git a/docker/.env b/docker/.env
index ca7f2b0357..f7cecd9ab6 100644
--- a/docker/.env
+++ b/docker/.env
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 CASSANDRA_DATA_DIR=/home/docker/cassandra_volume
+
+# cassandra schema container environment variables
+SKIP_SCHEMA_CREATION=false
+SKIP_SYSTEM_DATA=true
+SKIP_DEMO_DATA=true
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diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index d19332b8de..c79625ae3c 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ services:
     entrypoint: ./run_thingsboard.sh
   thingsboard-db-schema:
     image: "thingsboard/thingsboard-db-schema:1.2.2"
-    env_file:
-      - thingsboard-db-schema.env
+    environment:
+      - SKIP_SCHEMA_CREATION=${SKIP_SCHEMA_CREATION}
+      - SKIP_SYSTEM_DATA=${SKIP_SYSTEM_DATA}
+      - SKIP_DEMO_DATA=${SKIP_DEMO_DATA}
     entrypoint: ./install_schema.sh
   db:
     image: "cassandra:3.9"
diff --git a/docker/thingsboard-db-schema.env b/docker/thingsboard-db-schema.env
deleted file mode 100644
index c8d2bd83d8..0000000000
--- a/docker/thingsboard-db-schema.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#Db schema configuration
-
-SKIP_SCHEMA_CREATION=false
-SKIP_SYSTEM_DATA=false
-SKIP_DEMO_DATA=false
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