diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index bbdc54c..0000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# disable http request/response logging
-HTTP_API_LOGGER=false
-
-# cusom log level
-ELASTIC4S_LOG_LEVEL=WARN
-APP_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
-
-# http
-HTTP_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=1
-
-# enable open api docs
-HTTP_ENABLE_DOCS=true
-
-MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017
-MONGO_STUDY_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017
diff --git a/.sbtops.example b/.sbtops.example
index 959a709..27f4f7b 100644
--- a/.sbtops.example
+++ b/.sbtops.example
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-
 -J--add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
 -J--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c350ab0..f929070 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 Copy default settings
 ```sh
-cp .env.example .env
 cp .sbtops.example .sbtopts
 ```
 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 32c5e37..910af21 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala"                % "sbt-scalafix"         % "0.13.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.disneystreaming.smithy4s" % "smithy4s-sbt-codegen" % "0.18.27")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"               % "sbt-native-packager"  % "1.10.4")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"               % "sbt-release"          % "1.4.0")
-addSbtPlugin("nl.gn0s1s"                    % "sbt-dotenv"           % "3.1.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"                % "sbt-scalafmt"         % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel"                % "sbt-tpolecat"         % "0.5.2")