diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 936a3c27..68915a50 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=off \
     PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=on \
     PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=100 \
-    POETRY_HOME="/opt/poetry" \
-    POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_CREATE=false
+    POETRY_HOME="/opt/poetry"
 
 # prepend poetry and venv to path
 ENV PATH="$POETRY_HOME/bin:$PATH"