diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index b122e57..0000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/innovedus_cms/.dockerignore b/innovedus_cms/.dockerignore
index 51cb76f..b7c39d7 100644
--- a/innovedus_cms/.dockerignore
+++ b/innovedus_cms/.dockerignore
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
 fly.toml
 .git/
-__pycache__/
-*.py[cod]
-.venv/
-.env
-.env.*
 *.sqlite3
-*.log
-media/
-static/
diff --git a/innovedus_cms/Dockerfile b/innovedus_cms/Dockerfile
index 5015c92..3c36327 100644
--- a/innovedus_cms/Dockerfile
+++ b/innovedus_cms/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}
 
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
-ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mysite.settings.production
 
 RUN mkdir -p /code
 
diff --git a/innovedus_cms/mysite/settings/production.py b/innovedus_cms/mysite/settings/production.py
index f08a8f9..efc862f 100644
--- a/innovedus_cms/mysite/settings/production.py
+++ b/innovedus_cms/mysite/settings/production.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-import os
-
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-
 from .base import *
 
 DEBUG = False
@@ -12,19 +8,6 @@ DEBUG = False
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#manifeststaticfilesstorage
 STORAGES["staticfiles"]["BACKEND"] = "django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.ManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 
-def _csv(key, fallback):
-    value = os.getenv(key, fallback)
-    return [item.strip() for item in value.split(",") if item.strip()]
-
-
-SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
-if not SECRET_KEY:
-    raise ImproperlyConfigured("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY must be set in production.")
-
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = _csv("DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS", "innovedus-cms.fly.dev")
-CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = _csv("DJANGO_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS", "https://innovedus-cms.fly.dev")
-WAGTAILADMIN_BASE_URL = os.getenv("WAGTAILADMIN_BASE_URL", WAGTAILADMIN_BASE_URL)
-
 try:
     from .local import *
 except ImportError: