diff --git a/src/main/resources/.gitignore b/src/main/resources/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e04b8df4979cfa253ca433094ec08bbe1af5a882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+application-dev.properties
+application-test.properties
+application-prod.properties
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 91311789db1ad487a23ec6b64b942407c8d45671..c8588f0d222da915d36a12fa7a220543da2a6959 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 spring.mvc.static-path-pattern=/static/**
-api.key=someKey
 spring.datasource.url=jdbc:sqlite:dev.db