diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 3612c675d1f5aab02e6fbcdff76b2aed775ce50d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 57da06fa7b5379ea43277e5cb5e79c47322c031d..c181c6c9ce425eca963b4d5a766f4b5e4cef962d 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import sys
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'internewshid'))
 
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'settings')
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/wsgi.py b/wsgi.py
index 36c1c4d4b3b7459e151e9b0f036658a8dff96446..e41b6456156c1ad98dd5c65c63cf73054c290454 100644
--- a/wsgi.py
+++ b/wsgi.py
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'internewshid'))
 
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'settings')
+
 application = get_wsgi_application()