diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cddad303..24aefe00 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ acceptance_tests.*.png
 # Override config files
 override.cfg
 private.py
-private.txt
 
 # JetBrains
 .idea
diff --git a/edx_exams/settings/production.py b/edx_exams/settings/production.py
index efc039e2..4334165a 100644
--- a/edx_exams/settings/production.py
+++ b/edx_exams/settings/production.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from os import environ
 
-import django
 import yaml
 
 from edx_exams.settings.base import *
diff --git a/requirements/private.txt b/requirements/private.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f78cc0ae..00000000
--- a/requirements/private.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-confluent_kafka[avro,schema-registry]
--e /edx/src/lxml
\ No newline at end of file