diff --git a/create-cloudflare/next/.dev.vars.example b/create-cloudflare/next/.dev.vars.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 96d720bd..00000000
--- a/create-cloudflare/next/.dev.vars.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Load .env.development* files when running `wrangler dev`
-NEXTJS_ENV=development
diff --git a/create-cloudflare/next/.gitignore b/create-cloudflare/next/.gitignore
index 6cfd1b2f..70a888b4 100644
--- a/create-cloudflare/next/.gitignore
+++ b/create-cloudflare/next/.gitignore
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ next-env.d.ts
 # wrangler files
 .wrangler
 .dev.vars*
-!.dev.vars.example
+