diff --git a/deployment.yaml b/deployment.yaml
index 40a0628..35ed688 100644
--- a/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: miniobucket-inventory-app-owner-secrets
                   key: MINIO_URI
-            - name: SECRET_KEY
-              value: "bad_secret"
             - name: ENVIRONMENT_TYPE
               value: "DEV"
             - name: MY_POD_NAME
diff --git a/inventory-app/const.py b/inventory-app/const.py
index e9e1972..5c2634f 100644
--- a/inventory-app/const.py
+++ b/inventory-app/const.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ def file_exists(path):
 
 ENVIRONMENT_TYPE = getenv_in("ENVIRONMENT_TYPE", "DEV", "PROD")
 
-SECRET_KEY = os.environ["SECRET_KEY"]
 AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL = os.environ["AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL"]
 BUCKET_NAME = os.environ["BUCKET_NAME"]
 INVENTORY_ASSETS_BASE_URL = os.environ["INVENTORY_ASSETS_BASE_URL"]
diff --git a/inventory-app/main.py b/inventory-app/main.py
index 93078f8..fb89192 100755
--- a/inventory-app/main.py
+++ b/inventory-app/main.py
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ app.register_blueprint(page_oidc)
 app.register_blueprint(page_doorboy)
 metrics = PrometheusMetrics(app, group_by="path")
 
-app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = const.SECRET_KEY
-
 mongoclient = MongoClient(const.MONGO_URI)
 mongodb = mongoclient.get_default_database()
 mongodb.member.create_index("ad.username", sparse=True, unique=True)