diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5b9be5a..c8da2d9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2024.7.19
+2024.8.14-rc.1
diff --git a/env.tpl b/env.tpl
index 7186ed7..2dce795 100644
--- a/env.tpl
+++ b/env.tpl
@@ -139,6 +139,4 @@ ROUTER_METRICS_PUBSUB_TOPIC=data-updates
 ROUTER_METRICS_PUBSUB_PROJECT_ID=${SELFHOSTED_GCP_PROJECT_ID}
 ROUTER_METRICS_PUBSUB_SUBSCRIPTION_FILTER=aggregated-selfhosted-metrics
 
-REACT_APP_ASKNICELY_MIN_HOURS_ACCOUNT_OLD_ENOUGH=1920 # 80 days
-
 # >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>