diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
index c9f7ad90ab..bf50b48eb7 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
@@ -397,12 +397,7 @@ spec:
             - "--character-set-server=utf8mb4"
             - "--collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci"
             - "--binlog-expire-logs-seconds=259200"
-            # We only require this option for MySQL 8.4.0 and above
-            # Breaks MySQL for previous versions as this option does not exist on versions earlier than 8.4.0
-            {% set mysql_version = DOCKER_IMAGE_MYSQL.split(':')[-1] -%}
-            {% if mysql_version == "latest" or (mysql_version.split('.') | map('int') | list >= '8.4.0'.split('.') | map('int') | list) -%}
             - "--mysql-native-password=ON"
-            {%- endif %}
           env:
             - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
               value: "{{ MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD }}"
diff --git a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
index b386f869b4..da33b653ff 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,12 +45,7 @@ services:
       --character-set-server=utf8mb4
       --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
       --binlog-expire-logs-seconds=259200
-      # We only require this option for MySQL 8.4.0 and above
-      # Breaks MySQL for previous versions as this option does not exist on versions earlier than 8.4.0
-      {% set mysql_version = DOCKER_IMAGE_MYSQL.split(':')[-1] -%}
-      {% if mysql_version == "latest" or (mysql_version.split('.') | map('int') | list >= '8.4.0'.split('.') | map('int') | list) -%}
       --mysql-native-password=ON
-      {%- endif %}
     restart: unless-stopped
     user: "999:999"
     volumes: