diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 3b19a4602d5e..10c8ddf82454 100644
--- a/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ENV ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD="no" \
     APACHE_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     APACHE_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="drupal" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="9.1.0-debian-10-r15" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="9.1.0-debian-10-r16" \
     MARIADB_HOST="mariadb" \
     MARIADB_PORT_NUMBER="3306" \
     MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD="" \
diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/drupal-env.sh b/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/drupal-env.sh
index 4119ca8312b6..b8a346e9afb0 100644
--- a/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/drupal-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/drupal-env.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ drupal_env_vars=(
     DRUPAL_DATABASE_USER
     DRUPAL_DATABASE_PASSWORD
     DRUPAL_DATABASE_TLS_CA_FILE
-    DRUPAL_DATABASE_MIN_VERSION
     SMTP_HOST
     SMTP_PORT
     DRUPAL_SMTP_PORT
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ export DRUPAL_DATABASE_NAME="${DRUPAL_DATABASE_NAME:-bitnami_drupal}" # only use
 export DRUPAL_DATABASE_USER="${DRUPAL_DATABASE_USER:-bn_drupal}" # only used during the first initialization
 export DRUPAL_DATABASE_PASSWORD="${DRUPAL_DATABASE_PASSWORD:-}" # only used during the first initialization
 export DRUPAL_DATABASE_TLS_CA_FILE="${DRUPAL_DATABASE_TLS_CA_FILE:-}" # only used during the first initialization
-export DRUPAL_DATABASE_MIN_VERSION="${DRUPAL_DATABASE_MIN_VERSION:-}"
 
 # PHP configuration
 export PHP_DEFAULT_MEMORY_LIMIT="256M" # only used at build time
diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libdrupal.sh b/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libdrupal.sh
index 15b90bd338ab..d50ae4d74bcb 100644
--- a/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libdrupal.sh
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/9/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libdrupal.sh
@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ drupal_initialize() {
         fi
     fi
 
-    # Force a change in the database minimum version requirement
-    is_empty_value "$DRUPAL_DATABASE_MIN_VERSION" || drupal_force_database_min_version
-
     # Check if Drupal has already been initialized and persisted in a previous run
     local -r app_name="drupal"
     if ! is_app_initialized "$app_name"; then
@@ -461,21 +458,6 @@ drupal_remove_duplicated_database_settings() {
     remove_in_file "$DRUPAL_CONF_FILE" "${first_line_block}/,/${last_line_block}"
 }
 
-########################
-# Drupal force database minimum version requirement.
-# Required for some third-party databases that report wrong versions
-# Globals:
-#   *
-# Arguments:
-#   None
-# Returns:
-#   None
-#########################
-drupal_force_database_min_version() {
-    local -r install_task_file="${DRUPAL_BASE_DIR}/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php"
-    replace_in_file "$install_task_file" 'const MYSQL_MINIMUM_VERSION.*' "const MYSQL_MINIMUM_VERSION = '${DRUPAL_DATABASE_MIN_VERSION}';"
-}
-
 ########################
 # Drupal fix htaccess warning protection.
 # Drupal checks for the htaccess file to prevent malicious attacks
diff --git a/bitnami/drupal/README.md b/bitnami/drupal/README.md
index ad52411f918f..52b302df3eab 100644
--- a/bitnami/drupal/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/drupal/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Bitnami containers can be used with [Kubeapps](https://kubeapps.com/) for deploy
 Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`9`, `9-debian-10`, `9.1.0`, `9.1.0-debian-10-r15`, `latest` (9/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-drupal/blob/9.1.0-debian-10-r15/9/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`9`, `9-debian-10`, `9.1.0`, `9.1.0-debian-10-r16`, `latest` (9/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-drupal/blob/9.1.0-debian-10-r16/9/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`8`, `8-debian-10`, `8.9.11`, `8.9.11-debian-10-r14` (8/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-drupal/blob/8.9.11-debian-10-r14/8/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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