diff --git a/.Renviron b/.Renviron
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b7701c..0000000
--- a/.Renviron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-RENTCAST_API_KEY=489cba549ec548e2a11516e7bd4f3b5b
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 438dd57..97f3c40 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ data/owners.rds
 data/venice.rds
 data/venice_facts.rds
 data/beaches.rds
+.Renviron