diff --git a/samples/self-improving/compose.dev.yaml b/samples/self-improving/compose.dev.yaml
index 822bdcb6..f75efb0a 100644
--- a/samples/self-improving/compose.dev.yaml
+++ b/samples/self-improving/compose.dev.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # coding agent's edits land in your working tree. The local model is a small
 # one so it runs on a laptop; expect much lower edit quality than the
 # deployed Vertex AI model — local is for testing the loop, not the quality.
-name: self-improving-dev
 services:
   dev:
     build:
diff --git a/samples/self-improving/compose.yaml b/samples/self-improving/compose.yaml
index 77fd5065..69030d78 100644
--- a/samples/self-improving/compose.yaml
+++ b/samples/self-improving/compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-name: self-improving
 services:
   # The production to-do app. Runs a Next.js production build with no source
   # code, no agent, and no admin UI. Exactly one ingress port keeps it