diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index f9a7e13..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
-DISABLE_CACHE=true
-
-CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID=750a7wl4bh7b
-CONTENTFUL_ACCESS_TOKEN=R7k1ii7UUiIC5snOd-vq-9e3bbsClCxeiG2kPYtSIVQ
-CONTENTFUL_PREVIEW_ACCESS_TOKEN=RyT13ydE_f3Zly1DZ7mHLMEfVaLW9Mw86Wt4HiUXsA4
-
-POSTGRES_PRISMA_URL=postgres://beatrice:an_amazing_password@localhost:54320/beatricedb
-POSTGRES_URL_NON_POOLING=postgres://beatrice:an_amazing_password@localhost:54320/beatricedb
-
-DRAFT_MODE_SECRET_TOKEN=Fb2Zywp86TmhS0lTt3LRWsasdsPQ
-
-PROJECT_PASSWORD_COOKIE_SECRET=3b2ZDvMVZaq0dpuHnQfgl7lWfkAVK0PQ
-
-REBUILD_PROJECTS_INDEX_API_KEY=6He68FX6G3TAt95Ap6R5oL4o8EybnTgC5Pi9Kns7
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07008ec..de63466 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
 
-# local env files
-.env.local
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
-
 # vercel
 .vercel