diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2309cfaf..18de774f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ web_modules/
 
 # dotenv environment variable files
 .env*
-!.env.example
+!.env.base
 
 # parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
 .cache
diff --git a/control-plane/.env.example b/control-plane/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 962d80fa..00000000
--- a/control-plane/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Provisioning queues locally via ElasticMQ
-#
-# SQS_RUN_PROCESS_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-run-process'
-# SQS_RUN_GENERATE_NAME_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-run-generate-name'
-# SQS_LEARNING_INGEST_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-learning-ingest'
-# SQS_CUSTOMER_TELEMETRY_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-customer-telemetry'
-# SQS_EXTERNAL_TOOL_CALL_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-external-tool-call'
-#
-# curl -X POST \
-#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-run-generate-name' \
-#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-run-generate-name'
-
-# curl -X POST \
-#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-run-process' \
-#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-run-process'
-
-# curl -X POST \
-#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-learning-ingest' \
-#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-learning-ingest'
-
-# curl -X POST \
-#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-customer-telemetry' \
-#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-customer-telemetry'
-
-# curl -X POST \
-#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-external-tool-call' \
-#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
-#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-external-tool-call'