diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 601b1a1a..00000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Application
-NODE_ENV=production
-NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=https://klz-cables.com
-UMAMI_WEBSITE_ID=e4a2cd1c-59fb-4e5b-bac5-9dfd1d02dd81
-UMAMI_API_ENDPOINT=https://analytics.infra.mintel.me
-SENTRY_DSN=https://c10957d0182245b1a2a806ac2d34a197@errors.infra.mintel.me/1
-LOG_LEVEL=info
-NEXT_PUBLIC_FEEDBACK_ENABLED=false
-NEXT_PUBLIC_RECORD_MODE_ENABLED=false
-
-# SMTP Configuration
-MAIL_HOST=smtp.eu.mailgun.org
-MAIL_PORT=587
-MAIL_USERNAME=postmaster@mg.mintel.me
-MAIL_PASSWORD=4592fcb94599ee1a45b4ac2386fd0a64-102c75d8-ca2870e6
-MAIL_FROM="KLZ Cables <postmaster@mg.mintel.me>"
-MAIL_RECIPIENTS=marc@cablecreations.de,info@klz-cables.com
-
-# ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Payload Infrastructure (Dockerized)
-# ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# The POSTGRES_URI and PAYLOAD_SECRET are automatically constructed and injected 
-# by docker-compose.yml using these base DB credentials, so you don't need to 
-# manually write the connection strings here.
-PAYLOAD_DB_NAME=payload
-PAYLOAD_DB_USER=payload
-PAYLOAD_DB_PASSWORD=120in09oenaoinsd9iaidon
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32e4b271..6418bd2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ html-errors*.json
 reference/
 # Database backups
 backups/
+
+.env
\ No newline at end of file