diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/local-development.json b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/local-development.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b249d74f689ff658c0aa3b7aa908226cc03e18e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/local-development.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{"pubsweet-server":{"secret":"702e1d23496c143026b634af15af57f5a88df7b7da9e3c24746da152d7068c72b98c692a09e76d5a618f2c2e473a8b6153bc4524a604290d04591eab9e0811e2"}}
-