diff --git a/tf/production/.terraform.lock.hcl b/tf/production/.terraform.lock.hcl
index 46205b9..2cc4122 100644
--- a/tf/production/.terraform.lock.hcl
+++ b/tf/production/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -24,24 +24,6 @@ provider "registry.opentofu.org/cloudflare/cloudflare" {
   ]
 }
 
-provider "registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/aws" {
-  version     = "5.53.0"
-  constraints = ">= 2.7.0"
-  hashes = [
-    "h1:pve5w3AscKR4gqRJF/3L7pKhj1leqGTl8Yv90Oyl8ww=",
-    "zh:72f68a0c67fbd8db81debdf4458cc8429e5ae610d860bb9c72d54c2d55fd9168",
-    "zh:787576cc5ff7978954eb1953c0643407742ed5200e76a5c57865f0063567b130",
-    "zh:97209aa1a5c3d998b7ea562b3a4d6a11f5739d17317f78a31e83fb0cbc441572",
-    "zh:9cadbb5a4f378124b93443b1763d786504a5c34e0f6f43894b919da1ba46eed8",
-    "zh:ad0d3c6fdb5028c6a72bec03c56c7b32181e30d2803772250c7a65cf9fde0273",
-    "zh:ad4b134efcebc596e9f7d2fa12b57240e5241bc02ab68cf00eccf7d68315c3e4",
-    "zh:d03ebdb393df93648261b736967907c90197239e6a267d29e41ccc0053ac5b5d",
-    "zh:ed718a99f0abbb04e222530f9f5903d7c2ad5ed354402759245fb8ded968b13f",
-    "zh:f25027ad5e8d41a8886a0d6add5409713823a298af1a3f91215b299ba6fdd23f",
-    "zh:f5a625723196d885a37c0ab422d8589ce02245a0b7ec8c4f12f7889b7ad98425",
-  ]
-}
-
 provider "registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/external" {
   version = "2.3.3"
   hashes = [
diff --git a/tf/production/backend.tf b/tf/production/backend.tf
index 1036821..6e7b497 100644
--- a/tf/production/backend.tf
+++ b/tf/production/backend.tf
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 terraform {
-  backend "s3" {
-    bucket         = "darklab-eu-west-1-global-terraform-state"
-    dynamodb_table = "darklab-eu-west-1-global-terraform-state"
-    encrypt        = true
-    key            = "darkbot.production.tfstate"
-    region         = "eu-west-1"
+  backend "local" {
+    path = "/home/naa/repos/pet_projects/darklab_secrets/encrypted/terraform/darkbot/production/terraform.tfstate"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf/production/providers.tf b/tf/production/providers.tf
index 3d0ba8b..eaef49e 100644
--- a/tf/production/providers.tf
+++ b/tf/production/providers.tf
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ terraform {
       source  = "hetznercloud/hcloud"
       version = ">=1.45.0"
     }
-    aws = {
-      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
-      version = ">=2.7.0"
-    }
     cloudflare = {
       source  = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
       version = ">=3.7.0"