diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37d7e73..3c3629e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 node_modules
-.env
diff --git a/apollo.config.js b/apollo.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c2e2a4d..0000000
--- a/apollo.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  endpoint: {
-    url: `http://localhost:${process.env.PORT}`
-  }
-};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df2dcd8..8e1ede2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon -r dotenv/config index.js",
-    "pretest": "eslint index.js apollo.config.js",
+    "start": "nodemon index.js",
+    "pretest": "eslint index.js",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {