diff --git a/api/app.js b/api/app.js
index 55db77f4..3ca81b93 100644
--- a/api/app.js
+++ b/api/app.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ var express = require('express');
 var compress = require('compression');
 var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 
-var config = require('./config');
 var routes = require('./routes');
 
 function init(backend) {
diff --git a/api/config.js b/api/config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 89a83ace..00000000
--- a/api/config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var env = process.env;
-
-module.exports = {
-  port: env.BITCORED_HTTP_PORT || 8000
-}