diff --git a/service/shale/service.pkl b/service/shale/service.pkl
index 9f2e7ef619aa866ce2459a183bc01be340d89f53..188e8b9ac3b1494b73a76559275e91a351586e47 100644
--- a/service/shale/service.pkl
+++ b/service/shale/service.pkl
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import "../keycloak/service.pkl" as keycloak
 meta {
   name = "Shale"
 }
-traceServiceName = "astheno.shale"
-dependsOn { "victoria-traces" }
-
 requirements {
   new keycloak.OpenIDClient {
     clientId = module.id
@@ -17,8 +14,6 @@ requirements {
 
 container {
   image = "docker.io/astheno/shale@sha256:ece987e25ebe67275fbe105b1b03e650a9b3adfe716928beb717cde1d32c9652"
-  entrypoint = "/bin/sh"
-  args { "-c"; "exec /app/astheno-shale --port 8000 --datadir /data --otel-exporter-otlp-traces-endpoint \"$STUDIO_TRACES_ENDPOINT\"" }
   extraHosts { "\(keycloak.container.http.hostname):host-gateway" }
 
   http {
@@ -55,9 +50,6 @@ container {
     ["SESSION_SECRET"] = "${secret.own.session_secret}"
     ["OAUTH2_CLIENT"] = "oidc,\(keycloak.container.http.hostname)/realms/master|${secret.oidc.clientId}|${secret.oidc.clientSecret}"
   }
-  envTemplate = """
-    {{ range nomadService 1 (env "NOMAD_ALLOC_ID") "victoria-traces" }}STUDIO_TRACES_ENDPOINT=http://\(module.nomadHostPort)/insert/opentelemetry/v1/traces{{ end }}
-    """
 }
 
 secrets {