diff --git a/templates/janitor/2/docker-compose.yml b/templates/janitor/2/docker-compose.yml
index ecb8268..2a014ff 100644
--- a/templates/janitor/2/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/janitor/2/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ cleanup:
      io.rancher.scheduler.global: "true"
      io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:host_label_ne: "${EXCLUDE_LABEL}"
   net: none
-  privileged: ${PRIVILEGED_MODE}
   tty: false
   stdin_open: false
   volumes:
diff --git a/templates/janitor/2/rancher-compose.yml b/templates/janitor/2/rancher-compose.yml
index ad7a06e..81b347d 100644
--- a/templates/janitor/2/rancher-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/janitor/2/rancher-compose.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,4 @@
       default: "*:*"
       required: false
       type: "string"
-    - variable: "PRIVILEGED_MODE"
-      label: "Run janitor in privileged mode"
-      description: "In hardened environments containers must be privileged to access the bind-mounted unix:///var/run/docker.sock. This is not the default case."
-      default: false
-      required: true
-      type: "boolean"
+