diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 87cc54e..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-NODE_PATH=./src
-BROWSER=firefox
-
-REACT_APP_API_DOMAIN=https://nominations.ecdev.opensource.lk
-REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL=https://nominations.ecdev.opensource.lk/ec-election
-REACT_APP_ELECTION_ID=43680f3e-97ac-4257-b27a-5f3b452da2e6
-
-SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7183e47..41230ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 .env.development.local
 .env.test.local
 .env.production.local
+.env
 
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*