diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable.environment.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable.environment.yml
index 1485a13..4c885c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable.environment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable.environment.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ on:
         description: commit of the CI repo to deploy on workflow dispatch
         required: false
         type: string
-      environment: 
-        description: environment to deploy to
-        required: false
-        type: string
     outputs:
       tag:
         description: tag of the docker image
@@ -50,8 +46,7 @@ jobs:
             commit=${input_commit:-${{ github.sha }}}
             submodule_append=`[ -z ${{ inputs.submodule_commit }} ] || echo "_sha-${{ inputs.submodule_commit }}" && echo ""`
             tag="sha-$commit$submodule_append"
-            env=${{ inputs.environment }}
-            environment=${env:-development}
+            environment=development
           elif [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" && "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/main" ]]; then
               tag="sha-${{ github.sha }}"
               environment=qa
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scicat-be.yml b/.github/workflows/scicat-be.yml
index 43e4ab0..236d7d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scicat-be.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scicat-be.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ on:
       commit: 
         description: 'Commit of the CI repo to deploy'     
         required: false
-      environment: 
-        description: 'Environment to deploy to'
-        type: choice
-        default: 'development'
-        options:
-          - development
-          - qa
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
   push:
@@ -30,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
     with: 
       commit: ${{ github.event.inputs.commit }}
       submodule_commit: ${{ github.event.inputs.submodule_commit }}
-      environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}
 
   check_changed:
     needs: set_env