diff --git a/docs/assets/.env.template b/docs/assets/.env.template
index f24aa26..2110047 100644
--- a/docs/assets/.env.template
+++ b/docs/assets/.env.template
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 AWS_DYNAMODB_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<access key>
 AWS_DYNAMODB_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret key>
 AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=<default region e.g: us-east-1>
-BACKEND_URL=<backend url e.g: localhost:3000>
 ADMIN_USERNAME=<correct user email>
 ADMIN_PASSWORD=<correct user password>
 JWT_SECRET=<secret key>
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diff --git a/docs/env-file.md b/docs/env-file.md
index 32a1e96..b3c7495 100644
--- a/docs/env-file.md
+++ b/docs/env-file.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Never, commit .env files to any remote repository, including GitHub. Only share
 | AWS_DYNAMODB_ACCESS_KEY_ID | Your AWS DynamoDB access key ID. Refer to "Obtaining AWS Credentials Securely" to obtain this value. | `JKSOKJSDO` (fake) |
 | AWS_DYNAMODB_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY | Your AWS DynamoDB secret access key. Refer to "Obtaining AWS Credentials Securely" to obtain this value.  | `sb0lasoiwkdouwedfes` (fake) |
 | AWS_DEFAULT_REGION | The default AWS region your application will use | `us-east1` |
-| BACKEND_URL | The URL of your backend API | `localhost:3000/api` |
 | ADMIN_USERNAME | The admin username | `randomemail@gmail.com` (fake) |
 | ADMIN_PASSWORD | The admin password | `randOMPassWordForMUN&283` (fake) |
 | JWT_SECRET | A secret key used for generating JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for authentication. | `okmasfq;eiuidf` (fake) |