diff --git a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh b/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh
index 5f0e29c210d834..febef2bbf203e4 100755
--- a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh
+++ b/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-gitpod.sh
@@ -483,11 +483,6 @@ yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" experimental.workspace.networkLimits.enforce
 yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" experimental.workspace.networkLimits.connectionsPerMinute "3000"
 yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" experimental.workspace.networkLimits.bucketSize "3000"
 
-#
-# Configure DB
-#
-yq w -i "${INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH}" database.inClusterMySql_8_0 "true"
-
 log_success "Generated config at $INSTALLER_CONFIG_PATH"
 
 # ========
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/helm.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/helm.go
index e6cbdb9a089720..4ced2adfaed18e 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/helm.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/helm.go
@@ -33,15 +33,11 @@ var Helm = common.CompositeHelmFunc(
 			Value string `json:"value,omitempty"`
 		}
 		extraEnvVars := []EnvVar{}
-		// MySQL 5.7: We switched to specific tags because we got subtle broken versions with just specifying major versions
-		mysqlBitnamiImageTag := "5.7.34-debian-10-r55"
-		if cfg.Config.Database.InClusterMysSQL_8_0 {
-			mysqlBitnamiImageTag = "8.0.33-debian-11-r24"
-			extraEnvVars = append(extraEnvVars, EnvVar{
-				Name:  "MYSQL_AUTHENTICATION_PLUGIN",
-				Value: "mysql_native_password",
-			})
-		}
+		mysqlBitnamiImageTag = "8.0.33-debian-11-r24"
+		extraEnvVars = append(extraEnvVars, EnvVar{
+			Name:  "MYSQL_AUTHENTICATION_PLUGIN",
+			Value: "mysql_native_password",
+		})
 		extraEnvVarsBytes, err := yaml.Marshal(extraEnvVars)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go b/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go
index 3ab3c2b92670b6..c8da8f208e3c3a 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/config.go
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ type Database struct {
 	External  *DatabaseExternal `json:"external,omitempty"`
 	CloudSQL  *DatabaseCloudSQL `json:"cloudSQL,omitempty"`
 	SSL       *SSLOptions       `json:"ssl,omitempty"`
-	// A temporary flag to help debug for the migration to MySQL 8.0
-	InClusterMysSQL_8_0 bool `json:"inClusterMySql_8_0,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type DatabaseExternal struct {