diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 9931e1eac74240b3a4166ede1456d5564fa14fcc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-APPLICATION_ENV=
-
-BUGSNAG_JAVASCRIPT_KEY=
-BUGSNAG_RUBY_KEY=
-
-MAIL_FROM_MAIL=
-MAIL_FROM_NAME=
-
-OTP_SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY=
-
-OUTSCALE_OOS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
-OUTSCALE_OOS_BUCKET=
-OUTSCALE_OOS_ENDPOINT=
-OUTSCALE_OOS_REGION=
-OUTSCALE_OOS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
-
-SECRET_KEY_BASE=
-
-SEND_IN_BLUE_API_KEY=
-SEND_IN_BLUE_SENDER_NAME=
-
-SMTP_USER=
-SMTP_PASSWORD=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c507b277b29b4e92f85188e7afe4209a025a026b..a3c09887917ec546bd3a089323552b0ea8da8e25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ yarn-debug.log*
 .DS_Store
 
 # Ignore environment variables
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+/config/application.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6e88429ca14bd707e131d1ce5580f58ed97016f3..3ce3a3f0ddd6f0c15dca1a68af0739d7cc2516ea 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ gem 'bootstrap'
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
-  gem 'dotenv-rails'
+  gem 'figaro'
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b9273239433792e6254bea97c3c285650a0b0c69..f5afcbd40407e61a4120969b11692d13bea86d38 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ GEM
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
     devise-i18n (1.10.0)
       devise (>= 4.8.0)
-    dotenv (2.7.6)
-    dotenv-rails (2.7.6)
-      dotenv (= 2.7.6)
-      railties (>= 3.2)
     enum-i18n (0.1.1)
       activerecord (>= 4.1)
     enum_help (0.0.17)
@@ -163,6 +159,8 @@ GEM
     faraday-patron (1.0.0)
     faraday-rack (1.0.0)
     ffi (1.15.4)
+    figaro (1.2.0)
+      thor (>= 0.14.0, < 2)
     front_matter_parser (1.0.1)
     globalid (0.5.2)
       activesupport (>= 5.0)
@@ -350,9 +348,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   delayed_job_web
   devise
   devise-i18n
-  dotenv-rails
   enum-i18n
   enum_help
+  figaro
   front_matter_parser
   image_processing
   jbuilder