diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4e835d1..dad57bbc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -398,3 +398,4 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 *.sln.iml
 
 .env
+/src/server/CookingApp/appsettings.json
diff --git a/src/server/CookingApp/appsettings.json b/src/server/CookingApp/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0664ac23..00000000
--- a/src/server/CookingApp/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Logging": {
-    "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Information",
-      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
-    }
-  },
-  "Serilog": {
-    "SeqServerUrl": "http://localhost:5341/",
-    "MinimumLevel": {
-      "Default": "Information",
-      "Override": {
-        "Microsoft": "Warning",
-        "Microsoft.eShopOnContainers": "Information",
-        "System": "Warning"
-      }
-    },
-    "AllowedHosts": "*"
-  },
-  "Swagger": {
-    "ApiVersion": "1.0.0",
-    "ApiName": "Cooking App",
-    "JsonRoute": "swagger/{documentName}/swagger.json"
-  },
-  "Mongo": {
-    "Url": "mongodb://localhost:27017",
-    "Database": "cooking-v1"
-  },
-  "StripeOptions": {
-    "SecretKey": "sk_test_51PLorXI0zkGbIS5D2varMrL7PkbzyeZKaM2HAO5eQr8YOdeEJj4cey09AMBN0HIqKquzrtSoRy0tqqdfotgIPmBP00kSWCM4ur"
-  }
-}