diff --git a/cognee-mcp/Dockerfile b/cognee-mcp/Dockerfile
index a3f06c749..ae5621f19 100644
--- a/cognee-mcp/Dockerfile
+++ b/cognee-mcp/Dockerfile
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ COPY ./cognee-mcp/pyproject.toml ./cognee-mcp/uv.lock ./cognee-mcp/entrypoint.sh
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-dev --no-editable
 
-# Copy .env file first if it exists (for environment variables)
-COPY .env* /app/
-
 # Copy Alembic configuration
 COPY alembic.ini /app/alembic.ini
 COPY alembic/ /app/alembic