diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d9b0220..4d485f2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@apollo/server": "^4.11.2",
-        "dotenv": "^16.4.7",
         "graphql": "^16.10.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2"
       },
@@ -4857,6 +4856,7 @@
       "version": "16.4.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.4.7.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-47qPchRCykZC03FhkYAhrvwU4xDBFIj1QPqaarj6mdM/hgUzfPHcpkHJOn3mJAufFeeAxAzeGsr5X0M4k6fLZQ==",
+      "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1addfcc..d8ef7ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@apollo/server": "^4.11.2",
-    "dotenv": "^16.4.7",
     "graphql": "^16.10.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2"
   }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 88f4c61..2bff64c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@ import { ServerContext } from "./ServerContext";
 import { UnoptimizedInMemoryRepository } from "./repositories/UnoptimizedInMemoryRepository";
 import { TimedApiBasedRepositoryLoader } from "./loaders/TimedApiBasedRepositoryLoader";
 import { ETANotificationScheduler } from "./notifications/schedulers/ETANotificationScheduler";
-import { configDotenv } from "dotenv";
 import { loadTestData } from "./loaders/loadTestData";
 import { AppleNotificationSender } from "./notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender";
 
-configDotenv();
-
 const typeDefs = readFileSync("./schema.graphqls", "utf8");
 
 async function main() {