diff --git a/services/traefik/Makefile b/services/traefik/Makefile
index c0f5ada1..95b20199 100644
--- a/services/traefik/Makefile
+++ b/services/traefik/Makefile
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ include ${REPO_BASE_DIR}/scripts/common.Makefile
 up-local: .init .create_secrets ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-local prune-docker-stack-configs ## Deploys the stack using provided certificates
 	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth --prune --compose-file ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-local ${STACK_NAME}
 
-.PHONY: up-letsencrypt-http
-up-letsencrypt-http: .init ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-letsencrypt-http prune-docker-stack-configs ## Deploys the stack with let's encrypt http challenge
-	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth --prune --compose-file ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-letsencrypt-http ${STACK_NAME}
-
-.PHONY: up-letsencrypt-dns
-up-letsencrypt-dns: .init ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-letsencrypt-dns prune-docker-stack-configs ## Deploys the stack with let's encrypt dns challenge
-	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth --prune --compose-file ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-dns ${STACK_NAME}
-
 .PHONY: up-dalco
 up-dalco: .init ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-dalco prune-docker-stack-configs ## Deploys the stack on dalco cluster
 	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth --prune --compose-file ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-dalco ${STACK_NAME}
@@ -56,20 +48,6 @@ ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-local: docker-compose.yml docker-compose.local.yml .env
 	set +o allexport; \
 	${REPO_BASE_DIR}/scripts/docker-stack-config.bash -e .env $< docker-compose.local.yml  > $@
 
-.PHONY: ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-letsencrypt-http
-${TEMP_COMPOSE}-letsencrypt-http: docker-compose.yml docker-compose.letsencrypt.http.yml .env
-	@set -o allexport; \
-	source .env; \
-	set +o allexport; \
-	${REPO_BASE_DIR}/scripts/docker-stack-config.bash -e .env $< docker-compose.letsencrypt.http.yml > $@
-
-.PHONY: ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-letsencrypt-dns
-${TEMP_COMPOSE}-letsencrypt-dns: docker-compose.yml docker-compose.letsencrypt.dns.yml .env
-	@set -o allexport; \
-	source .env; \
-	set +o allexport; \
-	${REPO_BASE_DIR}/scripts/docker-stack-config.bash -e .env $< docker-compose.letsencrypt.dns.yml > $@
-
 .PHONY: ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-aws
 ${TEMP_COMPOSE}-aws: docker-compose.yml docker-compose.aws.yml .env
 	@set -o allexport; \
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.aws.yml b/services/traefik/docker-compose.aws.yml
index 7a2dd5b8..325419c5 100644
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.aws.yml
+++ b/services/traefik/docker-compose.aws.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   traefik:
     command:
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.dalco.yml b/services/traefik/docker-compose.dalco.yml
index b1a5e159..a6a27fad 100644
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.dalco.yml
+++ b/services/traefik/docker-compose.dalco.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
     traefik:
         command:
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.letsencrypt.dns.yml.j2 b/services/traefik/docker-compose.letsencrypt.dns.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index ecf0d33d..00000000
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.letsencrypt.dns.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.7'
-services:
-  traefik:
-    deploy:
-      labels:
-        - traefik.http.routers.www-catchall.tls.certresolver=myresolver
-        - traefik.http.routers.api.tls.certresolver=myresolver
-        - traefik.http.middlewares.ops_whitelist_ips.ipallowlist.sourcerange=${TRAEFIK_IPWHITELIST_SOURCERANGE}
-        # What follows is a tested workaround to ensure letsencrypt certificates for products' domains are generated
-{% for j2item in DEPLOYMENT_FQDNS.split(",") + [MACHINE_FQDN] + CERTIFICATE_GENERATION_FQDNS.split(",") %}
-{% if j2item and j2item.replace('@','').replace(' ','').replace('.','').replace('-','').replace('\'','') != ""  %}
-        - traefik.http.routers.{{j2item.replace('@','').replace(' ','').replace('.','').replace('-','').replace('\'','')}}.tls.domains[0].main=service.{{j2item.replace(' ','').replace('\'','')}}
-        - traefik.http.routers.{{j2item.replace('@','').replace(' ','').replace('.','').replace('-','').replace('\'','')}}.tls.domains[0].sans=*.services.{{j2item.replace(' ','').replace('\'','')}}
-        - traefik.http.routers.{{j2item.replace('@','').replace(' ','').replace('.','').replace('-','').replace('\'','')}}testing.tls.domains[0].main=service.testing.{{j2item.replace(' ','').replace('\'','')}}
-        - traefik.http.routers.{{j2item.replace('@','').replace(' ','').replace('.','').replace('-','').replace('\'','')}}testing.tls.domains[0].sans=*.services.testing.{{j2item.replace(' ','').replace('\'','')}}
-        - traefik.http.routers.{{j2item.replace('@','').replace(' ','').replace('.','').replace('-','').replace('\'','')}}testing.tls.certresolver=myresolver
-        - traefik.http.routers.{{j2item.replace('@','').replace(' ','').replace('.','').replace('-','').replace('\'','')}}.tls.certresolver=myresolver
-{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.letsencrypt.http.yml b/services/traefik/docker-compose.letsencrypt.http.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d98779e..00000000
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.letsencrypt.http.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-version: "3.7"
-services:
-  traefik:
-    command:
-      - "--api=true"
-      - "--ping=true"
-      - "--entryPoints.ping.address=:9082"
-      - "--ping.entryPoint=ping"
-      - "--api.dashboard=true"
-      - "--log.level=${OPS_TRAEFIK_LOGLEVEL}"
-      - "--accesslog=false"
-      - "--metrics.prometheus=true"
-      - "--metrics.prometheus.addEntryPointsLabels=true"
-      - "--metrics.prometheus.addServicesLabels=true"
-      - "--entryPoints.metrics.address=:8082"
-      - "--metrics.prometheus.entryPoint=metrics"
-      - "--entryPoints.http.address=:80"
-      - "--entryPoints.http.transport.respondingTimeouts.idleTimeout=21600s" #6h, for https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues/10805
-      - "--entryPoints.http.transport.respondingTimeouts.writeTimeout=21600s" #6h, for https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues/10805
-      - "--entryPoints.http.transport.respondingTimeouts.readTimeout=21600s" #6h, for https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues/10805
-      - "--entryPoints.https.address=:443"
-      - "--providers.swarm.endpoint=unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-      - "--providers.swarm.exposedByDefault=false"
-      - "--providers.swarm.constraints=!LabelRegex(`io.simcore.zone`, `.+`)"
-      - "--core.defaultRuleSyntax=v2"
-      - "--tracing=true"
-      - "--tracing.addinternals"
-      - "--tracing.otlp=true"
-      - "--tracing.otlp.http=true"
-      - "--certificatesresolvers.lehttpchallenge.acme.httpchallenge=true"
-      - "--certificatesresolvers.lehttpchallenge.acme.httpchallenge.entrypoint=http"
-      - "--certificatesresolvers.lehttpchallenge.acme.email=${OSPARC_DEVOPS_MAIL_ADRESS}"
-      - "--certificatesresolvers.lehttpchallenge.acme.storage=/letsencrypt/acme.json"
-      # uncomment the caserver when testing such that let's encrypt does not ban us
-      - '--certificatesresolvers.lehttpchallenge.acme.caserver=${OPS_TRAEFIK_LETSENCRYPT_ACME_CA_SERVER}'
-    volumes:
-      - "letsencrypt_certs:/letsencrypt"
-    deploy:
-      labels:
-        - traefik.http.routers.api.tls.certresolver=lehttpchallenge
-  whoami:
-    deploy:
-      labels:
-        - traefik.http.routers.whoami.tls.certresolver=lehttpchallenge
-    networks:
-      - public
-
-volumes:
-  letsencrypt_certs:
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.local.yml b/services/traefik/docker-compose.local.yml
index cc157037..418f37ef 100644
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.local.yml
+++ b/services/traefik/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
-
 services:
   traefik:
     command:
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.master.yml b/services/traefik/docker-compose.master.yml
index 14d5af8a..fb1280bb 100644
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.master.yml
+++ b/services/traefik/docker-compose.master.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
     traefik:
         command:
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.public.yml b/services/traefik/docker-compose.public.yml
index adb3df3f..a1533362 100644
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.public.yml
+++ b/services/traefik/docker-compose.public.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   traefik:
     dns: 8.8.8.8 # This is critical to make the ACME challange work
diff --git a/services/traefik/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/services/traefik/docker-compose.yml.j2
index 2a606e5a..f3a00b99 100644
--- a/services/traefik/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/services/traefik/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.7"
-
 services:
   traefik:
     image: "traefik:v3.4.0"