diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf1965..0000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/mango
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4995926..9d277d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -348,12 +348,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenv"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -837,7 +831,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "diesel",
  "diesel_migrations",
- "dotenv",
  "handlebars",
  "ipnetwork",
  "rocket",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d634de9..4ae0b54 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio = "1"
-dotenv = "0"
 
 chrono = { version = "0", features = ["serde"] }
 ipnetwork = "0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cca7e3c..84c1ec5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ mod guards;
 
 #[rocket::launch]
 fn rocket() -> _ {
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
-
     rocket::build()
         .attach(fairings::db())
         .attach(fairings::ip_log())