diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cc0ec81..00000000
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-version: 2.1
-jobs:
-  build:
-    machine:
-        image: ubuntu-2004:202008-01
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: groups-dependency-cache-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
-      - run:
-          name: Build the code
-          command: mvn clean install
-      - run:
-          name: Save the build artifact
-          command: cd service && mvn play2:dist
-      - save_cache:
-          key: groups-dependency-cache-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
-          paths: ~/.m2
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: service/target/group-service-1.0.0-dist.zip
-          destination: "/tmp/group-service.zip"
-      - run:
-          name: sonar
-          command: mvn verify -DskipTests sonar:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=Sunbird-Lern_groups-service -Dsonar.organization=sunbird-lern -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io -Dsonar.coverage.exclusions=**/cassandra-utils/**,**/platform-cache/**,**/sb-actor/**,**/sb-telemetry-utils/**,**/sb-utils/**,**/models/**,**/bean/*,**/sb-common/** -Dsonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths=/home/circleci/project/reports/target/jacoco/jacoco.xml
-workflows:
-  version: 2.1
-  workflow:
-    jobs:
-      - build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32bf7875..7a9d9bd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:9000/health’
 If all connections are established successfully, the health status will be shown as 'true', otherwise it will be 'false'.
 
 Currently, the groups-service service is dependent on Content service APIs and User org service for getting user and organisation information.
-We are planning to implement a mock service soon for these dependencies.
\ No newline at end of file
+We are planning to implement a mock service soon for these dependencies.