diff --git a/scripts/compose b/scripts/compose
index 32ccd4e..a28fb1d 100755
--- a/scripts/compose
+++ b/scripts/compose
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ if [ ${OPENBALENA_HOST_NAME: -6} == ".local" ]; then
   INCLUDE_MDNS="-f ${BASE_DIR}/compose/mdns.yml"
 fi
 
-# show a warning to update your balena CLI tool...
-echo_bold_stderr "IMPORTANT: Please update your Balena CLI installation to version v12.38.5"
-
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source "${VERSIONS_FILE}"; docker-compose \
   --project-name 'openbalena' \