diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d4b853d..a18df62 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
- "dotenvy",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
@@ -124,12 +123,6 @@ version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1d07550c9036bf2ae0c684c4297d503f838287c83c53686d05370d0e139ae570"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenvy"
-version = "0.15.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 332025f..c8073ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ build = "build.rs"
 clap = { version = "4.6.6", features = ["derive"] }
 clap_complete = "4.6.9"
 anyhow = "1.0.104"
-dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 serde_json = "1.0.145"
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f9a55a6..c42019e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    // always load dotenv on start
-    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
-
     let args = cli::Ahab::parse();
 
     match args.command {