diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 19298398..00000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MONGODB_URI=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 504939df..dab380e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public/robots.txt*
 # production
 build/
 .env.local
+.env
 
 # misc
 .DS_Store