diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dbdc5f259542a58c7ff393bc82c249f21fb43b7d..d49fa3b2094287633828ef1433775c4326f8d725 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ yarn-debug.log*
 /.idea/*
 
 /config/auths.yml
+db_env_var.txt
diff --git a/db_env_var.txt b/db_env_var.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 81e9969acf8e74388ded1f819cef77e14c7a83d7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/db_env_var.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret,POSTGRES_USER=postgres,POSTGRES_DB=newspapers