diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index bbad988d2..000000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-APP_NAME="PixelFed Test"
-APP_ENV=local
-APP_KEY=
-APP_DEBUG=true
-APP_URL=http://localhost
-
-ADMIN_DOMAIN="localhost"
-APP_DOMAIN="localhost"
-
-LOG_CHANNEL=stack
-
-DB_CONNECTION=mysql
-DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
-DB_PORT=3306
-DB_DATABASE=
-DB_USERNAME=
-DB_PASSWORD=
-
-BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
-CACHE_DRIVER=redis
-SESSION_DRIVER=redis
-SESSION_LIFETIME=120
-QUEUE_DRIVER=redis
-
-REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
-REDIS_PASSWORD=null
-REDIS_PORT=6379
-
-MAIL_DRIVER=log
-MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
-MAIL_PORT=2525
-MAIL_USERNAME=null
-MAIL_PASSWORD=null
-MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
-MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="pixelfed@example.com"
-MAIL_FROM_NAME="Pixelfed"
-
-SESSION_DOMAIN="${APP_DOMAIN}"
-SESSION_SECURE_COOKIE=true
-API_BASE="/api/1/"
-API_SEARCH="/api/search"
-
-OPEN_REGISTRATION=true
-RECAPTCHA_ENABLED=false
-ENFORCE_EMAIL_VERIFICATION=true
-
-MAX_PHOTO_SIZE=15000
-MAX_CAPTION_LENGTH=150
-MAX_ALBUM_LENGTH=4
-
-MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
-MIX_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"
-MIX_APP_URL="${APP_URL}"
-MIX_API_BASE="${API_BASE}"
-MIX_API_SEARCH="${API_SEARCH}"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe8ad87a8..561d0e15b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ testing and development.
 
 ## Requirements
  - PHP >= 7.1.3 (7.2+ recommended for stable version)
- - MySQL, Postgres (MariaDB and sqlite are not supported yet)
+ - MySQL, Postgres (MySQL >= 5.7, MariaDB and sqlite are not supported yet)
  - Redis
  - Composer
  - GD or ImageMagick