diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e257c3c..00000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY=alpha_vantage_api_key_placeholder
-OPENAI_API_KEY=openai_api_key_placeholder
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3369bad9..c8944b99 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ src/
 eval_results/
 eval_data/
 *.egg-info/
-.env
+.env*