diff --git a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/const.go b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/const.go
index 9bae9004ed..090567072c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/const.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/const.go
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ const (
 	EnvCPULimit                         = "NUMAFLOW_CPU_LIMIT"
 	EnvMemoryRequest                    = "NUMAFLOW_MEMORY_REQUEST"
 	EnvMemoryLimit                      = "NUMAFLOW_MEMORY_LIMIT"
-	EnvGoDebug                          = "GODEBUG"
 	EnvServingMinPipelineSpec           = "NUMAFLOW_SERVING_MIN_PIPELINE_SPEC"
 	EnvK8sServerVersion                 = "K8S_SERVER_VERSION"
 	EnvNumaflowRuntime                  = "NUMAFLOW_RUNTIME"
diff --git a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/mono_vertex_types.go b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/mono_vertex_types.go
index fedc9ac904..6a6f7c02e7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/mono_vertex_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/mono_vertex_types.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ func (mv MonoVertex) GetDaemonDeploymentObj(req GetMonoVertexDaemonDeploymentReq
 		{Name: EnvNamespace, ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{FieldPath: "metadata.namespace"}}},
 		{Name: EnvPod, ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{FieldPath: "metadata.name"}}},
 		{Name: EnvMonoVertexObject, Value: encodedMonoVtx},
-		{Name: EnvGoDebug, Value: os.Getenv(EnvGoDebug)},
 	}
 	envVars = append(envVars, req.Env...)
 	c := corev1.Container{
diff --git a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/pipeline_types.go b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/pipeline_types.go
index ba27e17851..a1f6da0781 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/pipeline_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/pipeline_types.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ func (p Pipeline) GetSideInputsManagerDeployments(req GetSideInputDeploymentReq)
 		for i := 0; i < len(deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers); i++ {
 			deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[i].Env = append(deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[i].Env, commonEnvVars...)
 		}
-		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env = append(deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers[0].Env, corev1.EnvVar{Name: EnvGoDebug, Value: os.Getenv(EnvGoDebug)})
 		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env = append(deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env, corev1.EnvVar{Name: EnvNumaflowRuntime, Value: "rust"})
 		deployments = append(deployments, deployment)
 	}
@@ -276,7 +274,6 @@ func (p Pipeline) GetDaemonDeploymentObj(req GetDaemonDeploymentReq) (*appv1.Dep
 		{Name: EnvNamespace, ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{FieldPath: "metadata.namespace"}}},
 		{Name: EnvPod, ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{FieldPath: "metadata.name"}}},
 		{Name: EnvPipelineObject, Value: encodedPipeline},
-		{Name: EnvGoDebug, Value: os.Getenv(EnvGoDebug)},
 	}
 	envVars = append(envVars, req.Env...)
 	c := corev1.Container{
@@ -358,9 +355,7 @@ func (p Pipeline) GetDaemonDeploymentObj(req GetDaemonDeploymentReq) (*appv1.Dep
 }
 
 func (p Pipeline) getDaemonPodInitContainer(req GetDaemonDeploymentReq) corev1.Container {
-	envVars := []corev1.EnvVar{
-		{Name: EnvGoDebug, Value: os.Getenv(EnvGoDebug)},
-	}
+	var envVars []corev1.EnvVar
 	envVars = append(envVars, req.Env...)
 	c := corev1.Container{
 		Name:            CtrInit,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/serving_pipeline_types.go b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/serving_pipeline_types.go
index c3d96fbb03..8639989b15 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/serving_pipeline_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/serving_pipeline_types.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 
 	appv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -437,7 +436,6 @@ func (sp ServingPipeline) buildJetStreamSource(req GetServingPipelineResourceReq
 func (sp ServingPipeline) getStreamValidationInitContainerSpec(req GetServingPipelineResourceReq) corev1.Container {
 	envVars := []corev1.EnvVar{
 		{Name: EnvPipelineName, Value: sp.GetPipelineName()},
-		{Name: EnvGoDebug, Value: os.Getenv(EnvGoDebug)},
 	}
 	envVars = append(envVars, req.Env...)
 	c := corev1.Container{
diff --git a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/vertex_types.go b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/vertex_types.go
index 5f218e42d9..70da0def52 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/vertex_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1/vertex_types.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -418,7 +417,6 @@ func (v Vertex) GetPodSpec(req GetVertexPodSpecReq) (*corev1.PodSpec, error) {
 func (v Vertex) getInitContainers(req GetVertexPodSpecReq) []corev1.Container {
 	envVars := []corev1.EnvVar{
 		{Name: EnvPipelineName, Value: v.Spec.PipelineName},
-		{Name: EnvGoDebug, Value: os.Getenv(EnvGoDebug)},
 	}
 	envVars = append(envVars, req.Env...)
 	initContainers := []corev1.Container{