diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 6f413c68d..76ce3e30a 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ def remove_heroku_files():
         os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
 
 
-def remove_dotenv_file():
-    os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, '.env'))
-
-
 def remove_grunt_files():
     file_names = [
         'Gruntfile.js',
@@ -268,9 +264,6 @@ def main():
     if '{{ cookiecutter.use_heroku }}'.lower() == 'n':
         remove_heroku_files()
 
-    if '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() == 'n' and '{{ cookiecutter.use_heroku }}'.lower() == 'n':
-        remove_dotenv_file()
-
     if '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}'.lower() == 'gulp':
         remove_grunt_files()
     elif '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}'.lower() == 'grunt':