diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ff0463db..000000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-COMPANY_NAME="Vercel Inc."
-TWITTER_CREATOR="@vercel"
-TWITTER_SITE="https://nextjs.org/commerce"
-SITE_NAME="Next.js Commerce"
-SHOPIFY_REVALIDATION_SECRET=""
-SHOPIFY_STOREFRONT_ACCESS_TOKEN=""
-SHOPIFY_STORE_DOMAIN="[your-shopify-store-subdomain].myshopify.com"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0298027e4..e82a0f9db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ yarn-error.log*
 # typescript
 *.tsbuildinfo
 next-env.d.ts
+.env*.local