diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index c40ea49db..000000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-INTERNAL_API_TOKEN=supersecrettoken
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 768ffe27d..606dc97cb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ group :development, :staging do
   gem 'slim_lint', require: false
 end
 
-group :development, :test do
-  gem 'dotenv-rails'
-end
-
 group :test do
   gem 'capybara'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7c72b8e0a..1a9a80ba9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -150,10 +150,6 @@ GEM
     docker-api (2.4.0)
       excon (>= 0.64.0)
       multi_json
-    dotenv (3.2.0)
-    dotenv-rails (3.2.0)
-      dotenv (= 3.2.0)
-      railties (>= 6.1)
     drb (2.2.3)
     erb (5.1.1)
     erubi (1.13.1)
@@ -692,7 +688,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   charlock_holmes
   csv
   docker-api
-  dotenv-rails
   eventmachine
   factory_bot_rails
   faraday
@@ -813,8 +808,6 @@ CHECKSUMS
   diff-lcs (1.6.2) sha256=9ae0d2cba7d4df3075fe8cd8602a8604993efc0dfa934cff568969efb1909962
   docile (1.4.1) sha256=96159be799bfa73cdb721b840e9802126e4e03dfc26863db73647204c727f21e
   docker-api (2.4.0) sha256=824be734f4cc8718189be9c8e795b6414acbbf7e8b082a06f959a27dd8dd63e6
-  dotenv (3.2.0) sha256=e375b83121ea7ca4ce20f214740076129ab8514cd81378161f11c03853fe619d
-  dotenv-rails (3.2.0) sha256=657e25554ba622ffc95d8c4f1670286510f47f2edda9f68293c3f661b303beab
   drb (2.2.3) sha256=0b00d6fdb50995fe4a45dea13663493c841112e4068656854646f418fda13373
   erb (5.1.1) sha256=b2c26e7924551d9efbae998e17ddbef220937b6422b1d2ec7ae71417b5a1f4ec
   erubi (1.13.1) sha256=a082103b0885dbc5ecf1172fede897f9ebdb745a4b97a5e8dc63953db1ee4ad9
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 30a83c3a8..029a89efc 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
 require 'spec_helper'
 ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'
+ENV['INTERNAL_API_TOKEN'] = 'supersecrettoken'
 require_relative '../config/environment'
 # Prevent database truncation if the environment is production
 abort('The Rails environment is running in production mode!') if Rails.env.production?