diff --git a/cypress/cypress.config.js b/cypress/cypress.config.js
index 83507ff92..e8bb04bbb 100644
--- a/cypress/cypress.config.js
+++ b/cypress/cypress.config.js
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ const { defineConfig } = require("cypress");
 const browserify = require("@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/browserify");
 const { addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin } = require("@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor");
 
-const dotenv = require('dotenv');
-
-// Import backend .env (smart)?
-const { parsed } = dotenv.config({ path: require.resolve('../backend/.env') });
-
 // Test persistent(between commands) store
 const testStore = {}
 
@@ -15,11 +10,6 @@ async function setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
 
   on("file:preprocessor", browserify.default(config));
 
-  config.env.NEO4J_URI = parsed.NEO4J_URI
-  config.env.NEO4J_USERNAME = parsed.NEO4J_USERNAME
-  config.env.NEO4J_PASSWORD = parsed.NEO4J_PASSWORD
-  config.env.JWT_SECRET = parsed.JWT_SECRET
-
   on("task", {
     pushValue({ name, value }) {
       testStore[name] = value
diff --git a/cypress/support/factories.js b/cypress/support/factories.js
index 2ca46c483..a8cd2d863 100644
--- a/cypress/support/factories.js
+++ b/cypress/support/factories.js
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 import Factory from '../../backend/src/db/factories'
 import { getNeode } from '../../backend/src/db/neo4j'
 
-
-const neo4jConfigs = {
-  uri: Cypress.env('NEO4J_URI'),
-  username: Cypress.env('NEO4J_USERNAME'),
-  password: Cypress.env('NEO4J_PASSWORD')
-}
-const neodeInstance = getNeode(neo4jConfigs)
+const neodeInstance = getNeode()
 
 beforeEach(() => cy.then(() => neodeInstance.cypher('MATCH (everything) DETACH DELETE everything;')))