diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-cd.yml
index 61b61c35..b4b44311 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-cd.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "aws_access_key_id=${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}" >> ~/.aws/credentials
           echo "aws_secret_access_key=${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" >> ~/.aws/credentials
         
-      - name: Generate env.auto.tfvars
+      - name: Generate environment-var.tf
         run: |
-          echo "${{ secrets.TF_ENV_FILE }}" > ./terraform/env.tf
+          echo "${{ secrets.TF_ENV_FILE }}" > ./terraform/environment-var.tf
 
       - name: Set up Terraform
         uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47c25017..697e6326 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ data/
 */.terraform/
 *.hcl
 *.tfstate
-env.tf
 *.tfvars
+environment-var.tf
diff --git a/terraform/variables.tf b/terraform/variables.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index c1caea72..00000000
--- a/terraform/variables.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-variable "vpc_cidr_block" {
-  description = "The CIDR block for the VPC"
-  type        = string
-}
-
-variable "public_subnet_cidr" {
-  description = "The CIDR block for the public subnet"
-  type        = string
-}
-
-variable "private_subnet_cidr" {
-  description = "List of CIDR blocks for the private subnets"
-  type        = list(string)
-}
-
-variable "ami" {
-  description = "The AMI ID to use for the instances"
-  type        = string
-}
-
-variable "db_password" {
-  description = "The password for the RDS database instance"
-  type        = string
-}
-
-variable "tags" {
-  description = "A map of tags to add to all resources"
-  type        = map(string)
-}
-
-variable "rabbitmq" {
-  description = "RabbitMQ credentials"
-  type        = map(string)
-}
-
-variable "elb_protocol" {
-  description = "List of protocols for the ELB"
-  type        = list(string)
-}
-
-variable "elb_port" {
-  description = "List of ports the ELB listens on"
-  type        = list(number)
-}