diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index c17986e..4c873e2 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request
 from flask_session import Session
 from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException, NotFound
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@
 from .routes import register_blueprints
 from .cli import register_commands
 
-load_dotenv()
-
 
 def create_app(config_class="app.config.Config"):
     app = Flask(__name__)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 4370e6e..e268c08 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
 pytest
-ruff
-python-dotenv
\ No newline at end of file
+ruff
\ No newline at end of file