diff --git a/internal/server/server.go b/internal/server/server.go
index da94588..a3aba0c 100644
--- a/internal/server/server.go
+++ b/internal/server/server.go
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
-
-	// spooky action at a distance!
-	// this populates the environment
-	// from a ./.env file automatically
-	// for development configuration.
-	// .env contents should be things like
-	// `DBURL=postgres://user:pass@.../`
-	// (without the backticks, of course)
-	_ "github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload"
 )
 
 // ServerParams is a standard fx naming convention for dependency injection