diff --git a/docs/variables.mk b/docs/variables.mk
index afa0a9e867366..1ec7dbab57677 100644
--- a/docs/variables.mk
+++ b/docs/variables.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # List of projects to provide to the make-docs script.
 PROJECTS := loki
 
-# Use alternative image until make-docs 3.0.0 is rolled out.
-export DOCS_IMAGE := grafana/docs-base:dbd975af06
-
 # Set the DOC_VALIDATOR_IMAGE to match the one defined in CI.
 export DOC_VALIDATOR_IMAGE := $(shell sed -En 's, *image: "(grafana/doc-validator.*)",\1,p' "$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.github/workflows/doc-validator.yml")