diff --git a/apiserver/.env.example b/apiserver/.env.example
index 88a9c17f5..ace1e07b1 100644
--- a/apiserver/.env.example
+++ b/apiserver/.env.example
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # deprecated
 GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="" # For fetching release notes
 
 # Settings related to Docker
-DOCKERIZED=1
+DOCKERIZED=1 # deprecated
+
 # set to 1 If using the pre-configured minio setup
 USE_MINIO=1
 
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/export_task.py b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/export_task.py
index 7941344ef..a49f8bb86 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/export_task.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/export_task.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def upload_to_s3(zip_file, workspace_id, token_id, slug):
     file_name = f"{workspace_id}/export-{slug}-{token_id[:6]}-{timezone.now()}.zip"
     expires_in = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
 
-    if settings.DOCKERIZED and settings.USE_MINIO:
+    if settings.USE_MINIO:
         s3 = boto3.client(
             "s3",
             endpoint_url=settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/exporter_expired_task.py b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/exporter_expired_task.py
index 34b254d95..aef4408d4 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/exporter_expired_task.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/exporter_expired_task.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def delete_old_s3_link():
     expired_exporter_history = ExporterHistory.objects.filter(
         Q(url__isnull=False) & Q(created_at__lte=timezone.now() - timedelta(days=8))
     ).values_list("key", "id")
-    if settings.DOCKERIZED and settings.USE_MINIO:
+    if settings.USE_MINIO:
         s3 = boto3.client(
             "s3",
             endpoint_url=settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def delete_old_s3_link():
     for file_name, exporter_id in expired_exporter_history:
         # Delete object from S3
         if file_name:
-            if settings.DOCKERIZED and settings.USE_MINIO:
+            if settings.USE_MINIO:
                 s3.delete_object(Bucket=settings.AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME, Key=file_name)
             else:
                 s3.delete_object(Bucket=settings.AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME, Key=file_name)
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
index 46ef090ab..4fa761f06 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ else:
 
 # Redis Config
 REDIS_URL = os.environ.get("REDIS_URL")
-REDIS_SSL = "rediss" in REDIS_URL
+REDIS_SSL = REDIS_URL and "rediss" in REDIS_URL
 
 if REDIS_SSL:
     CACHES = {