diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 794d534..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# If set, HTTP_PROXY messes with inter-container communication in the deployment.
-# Ollama downloads the models via https anyway so it should be safe to unset it
-HTTP_PROXY=
-http_proxy=
diff --git a/docker-compose.amd.yml b/docker-compose.amd.yml
index 4c8dea8..8ca5938 100644
--- a/docker-compose.amd.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.amd.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     entrypoint: /bootstrap.sh
     command: mistral
-    env_file:
-      - .env
     ports:
      - 11434:11434
     # begin for AMD GPU support
diff --git a/docker-compose.base.yml b/docker-compose.base.yml
index 027a7ba..6412e73 100644
--- a/docker-compose.base.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.base.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ services:
     image: ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main
     ports:
       - 8080:8080
-    env_file:
-      - .env
     environment:
       OLLAMA_BASE_URL: http://ollama:11434
     extra_hosts:
diff --git a/docker-compose.cpu.yml b/docker-compose.cpu.yml
index cba561b..c8727dc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.cpu.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.cpu.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     entrypoint: /bootstrap.sh
     command: mistral
-    env_file:
-      - .env
     ports:
      - 11434:11434
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.nvidia.yml b/docker-compose.nvidia.yml
index b678b95..dca8a31 100644
--- a/docker-compose.nvidia.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.nvidia.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     entrypoint: /bootstrap.sh
     command: mistral
-    env_file:
-      - .env
     ports:
      - 11434:11434
     # begin for NVIDIA GPU support