diff --git a/packages/api/.env.example b/packages/api/.env.example
index b7f6bae..51dc9eb 100644
--- a/packages/api/.env.example
+++ b/packages/api/.env.example
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 JWT_SECRET=mysupersecretJWTsecret
 REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379
 DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
-NODE_ENV=development
 
 # AWS
 AWS_REGION=
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
-AWS_SES_CONFIGURATION_SET=
-AWS_CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID=
-AWS_S3_BUCKET=
\ No newline at end of file
+AWS_SES_CONFIGURATION_SET=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/api/src/app/constants.ts b/packages/api/src/app/constants.ts
index e79fc64..56b3821 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/app/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/app/constants.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ export const APP_URI = validateEnv("APP_URI", "http://localhost:3000");
 
 // AWS
 export const AWS_REGION = validateEnv("AWS_REGION");
-export const AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = validateEnv("AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
-export const AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = validateEnv("AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY");
+export const AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = validateEnv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
+export const AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = validateEnv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY");
 export const AWS_SES_CONFIGURATION_SET = validateEnv(
 	"AWS_SES_CONFIGURATION_SET",
 );