diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index bcd87df..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-QUEUE_URL=http://localhost:4566/000000000000/pdf-conversion-queue
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=123
-AWS_SECRET_KEY=xyz
-AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=sdf
-AWS_ENDPOINT_URL=http://host.docker.internal:4566
-AWS_REGION=us-east-1
-PRIVATE_ASSET_BUCKET=private-asset-bucket
-LOCALSTACK_PRO_KEY=2bpl78YpSL
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 318de4a..fab8136 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 *.docx
 *#
 .DS_Store
+.env