diff --git a/backend/.env.template b/backend/.env.template
index 8cbeb83ce..954fe8c4c 100644
--- a/backend/.env.template
+++ b/backend/.env.template
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ JWT_SECRET="b/&&7b78BF&fv/Vd"
 JWT_EXPIRES="2y"
 MAPBOX_TOKEN="pk.eyJ1IjoiYnVzZmFrdG9yIiwiYSI6ImNraDNiM3JxcDBhaWQydG1uczhpZWtpOW4ifQ.7TNRTO-o9aK1Y6MyW_Nd4g"
 
-PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE="a7dsf78sadg87ad87sfagsadg78"
-
 SENTRY_DSN_BACKEND=
 COMMIT=
 PUBLIC_REGISTRATION=false
diff --git a/backend/.env.test_e2e b/backend/.env.test_e2e
index 689e6786a..a5f09eae4 100644
--- a/backend/.env.test_e2e
+++ b/backend/.env.test_e2e
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ JWT_SECRET="b/&&7b78BF&fv/Vd"
 JWT_EXPIRES="2y"
 MAPBOX_TOKEN="pk.eyJ1IjoiYnVzZmFrdG9yIiwiYSI6ImNraDNiM3JxcDBhaWQydG1uczhpZWtpOW4ifQ.7TNRTO-o9aK1Y6MyW_Nd4g"
 
-PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE="a7dsf78sadg87ad87sfagsadg78"
-
 SENTRY_DSN_BACKEND=
 COMMIT=
 PUBLIC_REGISTRATION=false
diff --git a/backend/src/config/index.ts b/backend/src/config/index.ts
index e04373bcf..41afc50c4 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/index.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ const required = {
 
   MAPBOX_TOKEN: env.MAPBOX_TOKEN,
   JWT_SECRET: env.JWT_SECRET,
-  PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE: env.PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE,
 }
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/a/53050575
diff --git a/backend/test/helpers.ts b/backend/test/helpers.ts
index 132f47d05..3dbf7efc2 100644
--- a/backend/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/backend/test/helpers.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export const TEST_CONFIG = {
   MAPBOX_TOKEN:
     'pk.eyJ1IjoiYnVzZmFrdG9yIiwiYSI6ImNraDNiM3JxcDBhaWQydG1uczhpZWtpOW4ifQ.7TNRTO-o9aK1Y6MyW_Nd4g',
   JWT_SECRET: 'JWT_SECRET',
-  PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE: 'PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE',
 
   NEO4J_URI: 'bolt://localhost:7687',
   NEO4J_USERNAME: 'neo4j',
diff --git a/deployment/helm/helmfile/secrets/ocelot.yaml b/deployment/helm/helmfile/secrets/ocelot.yaml
index 5b08931c7..d5ce8c31f 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/helmfile/secrets/ocelot.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/helmfile/secrets/ocelot.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ secrets:
         env:
             JWT_SECRET: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:8qGviTFMOv9QyoNVwnlFNZ2PmvedbKJM,iv:rmZgs8h2QVsokzMzdGdEcInBLv8AX3xFUjkGhTf3sF0=,tag:SUJpMaIGAb14yg8RxCVUtA==,type:str]
             MAPBOX_TOKEN: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:qK6iTYKiWfkvXBodm8zVmfr5ACTTz1+7Pt7Q/hwgv3SYERyo5NyqfsvbVKuDAD90kTCNODpSwUApJE6do/Umedg4s8mrnHXCckIDbX5BztoeHJBehsUC54ELcrQ=,iv:b65yqfdoOX366UXt7HS6nhL8hlZn4l5hQfrhI6NXc+I=,tag:vF48V+TRS5g9ezXhzAJnPw==,type:str]
-            PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:05WXBFKIk0BtfUYmkWSwAP+/Y7v18LUow4X/,iv:y7VyymcoRLr2CK96BiErXvKP2Gn/QhECBZyeP+wo8LA=,tag:Hg/fIGyIDMY8P3mWfVupCw==,type:str]
             #ENC[AES256_GCM,data:llx+JN8fRqwrLd2ahkmPrhPwcGIkn695l3Ox8VEs9YAR+1wpz3yujA==,iv:4Ctez8zMeqo3cpCCUVy6ZP4T1Z/myPw/FTq+++YAYbc=,tag:al/J8DLqNz6CoLl+TgUdOw==,type:comment]
             EMAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:z1EyEokf/TNkFLhRzsCbHew/6T8=,iv:Satr1c8aZQE73ZolC6n+PO74r+Gj3un5Mj0DIYb3n14=,tag:iK6l0GXuhLauBtFXTmLyKQ==,type:str]
             SMTP_HOST: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:r0qbaUBB3CSUHR76,iv:TJIx71HW1aBB0sCEd1TB/tTgPBxLR1sdGAEf0t7Qilg=,tag:arXYtwVbIXVaUJpyommokQ==,type:str]