diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
index 484c2008e9bd3c882cd94b12d241a0841ed24547..40f333c89c79d349b65aace0319eed9205d3ddbb 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-helm.yml
@@ -386,10 +386,6 @@ stages:
     values_files=$4
     environment_url=$5
 
-    # backwards compatibility
-    export env=$environment_type
-    export appname=$environment_name
-
     # variables expansion in $environment_url
     environment_url=$(echo "$environment_url" | awkenvsubst)
     export environment_url
@@ -420,8 +416,6 @@ stages:
     
     helm_opts="$helm_opts --set ${HELM_ENV_VALUE_NAME}=$environment_type"
     helm_opts="$helm_opts --set ${HELM_HOSTNAME_VALUE_NAME}=$hostname"
-    # backward compatibility
-    helm_opts="$helm_opts --set env=$environment_type"
 
     if [ -n "$HELM_COMMON_VALUES" ]; then
       log_info "--- using \\e[32mcommon values\\e[0m file: \\e[33;1m${HELM_COMMON_VALUES}\\e[0m"
@@ -484,10 +478,6 @@ stages:
     export environment_name=$2
     namespace=$3
 
-    # backwards compatibility
-    export env=$environment_type
-    export appname=$environment_name
-
     log_info "--- \\e[32mdelete"
     log_info "--- \$namespace: \\e[33;1m${namespace}\\e[0m"
     log_info "--- \$environment_type: \\e[33;1m${environment_type}\\e[0m"