diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/misc.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/misc.xml
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index 10af178fd..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/misc.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="JavaScriptSettings">
-    <option name="languageLevel" value="ES6" />
-  </component>
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diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/modules.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/modules.xml
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index 1418fcddf..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/modules.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.iml" />
-    </modules>
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diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/merge_production_dotenvs_in_dotenv.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/merge_production_dotenvs_in_dotenv.xml
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index cf2c5dd89..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/merge_production_dotenvs_in_dotenv.xml
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-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="merge_production_dotenvs_in_dotenv" type="PythonConfigurationType" factoryName="Python" singleton="true">
-    <module name="{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}" />
-    <option name="INTERPRETER_OPTIONS" value="" />
-    <option name="PARENT_ENVS" value="true" />
-    <envs>
-      <env name="PYTHONUNBUFFERED" value="1" />
-    </envs>
-    <option name="SDK_HOME" value="" />
-    <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-    <option name="IS_MODULE_SDK" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_CONTENT_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_SOURCE_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <EXTENSION ID="PythonCoverageRunConfigurationExtension" enabled="false" sample_coverage="true" runner="coverage.py" />
-    <option name="SCRIPT_NAME" value="merge_production_dotenvs_in_dotenv.py" />
-    <option name="PARAMETERS" value="" />
-    <option name="SHOW_COMMAND_LINE" value="false" />
-    <option name="EMULATE_TERMINAL" value="false" />
-    <method />
-  </configuration>
-</component>
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/migrate.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/migrate.xml
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index b457c5f55..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/migrate.xml
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="migrate" type="Python.DjangoServer" factoryName="Django server" singleton="true">
-    <module name="{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}" />
-    <option name="INTERPRETER_OPTIONS" value="" />
-    <option name="PARENT_ENVS" value="true" />
-    <envs>
-      <env name="PYTHONUNBUFFERED" value="1" />
-      <env name="DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE" value="config.settings.local" />
-    </envs>
-    <option name="SDK_HOME" value="" />
-    <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-    <option name="IS_MODULE_SDK" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_CONTENT_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_SOURCE_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <PathMappingSettings>
-      <option name="pathMappings">
-        <list>
-          <mapping local-root="$PROJECT_DIR$" remote-root="/app" />
-        </list>
-      </option>
-    </PathMappingSettings>
-    <option name="launchJavascriptDebuger" value="false" />
-    <option name="host" value="" />
-    <option name="additionalOptions" value="" />
-    <option name="browserUrl" value="" />
-    <option name="runTestServer" value="false" />
-    <option name="runNoReload" value="false" />
-    <option name="useCustomRunCommand" value="true" />
-    <option name="customRunCommand" value="migrate" />
-    <method />
-  </configuration>
-</component>
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/pytest___.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/pytest___.xml
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index 08f76c454..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/pytest___.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="pytest: ." type="tests" factoryName="py.test" singleton="true">
-    <module name="{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}" />
-    <option name="INTERPRETER_OPTIONS" value="" />
-    <option name="PARENT_ENVS" value="true" />
-    <option name="SDK_HOME" value="" />
-    <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-    <option name="IS_MODULE_SDK" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_CONTENT_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_SOURCE_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <EXTENSION ID="PythonCoverageRunConfigurationExtension" runner="coverage.py" />
-    <PathMappingSettings>
-      <option name="pathMappings">
-        <list>
-          <mapping local-root="$PROJECT_DIR$" remote-root="/app" />
-        </list>
-      </option>
-    </PathMappingSettings>
-    <option name="_new_keywords" value="&quot;&quot;" />
-    <option name="_new_additionalArguments" value="&quot;&quot;" />
-    <option name="_new_target" value="&quot;.&quot;" />
-    <option name="_new_targetType" value="&quot;PATH&quot;" />
-    <method />
-  </configuration>
-</component>
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diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/pytest__users.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/pytest__users.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 574361fea..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/pytest__users.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="pytest: users" type="tests" factoryName="py.test" singleton="true">
-    <module name="{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}" />
-    <option name="INTERPRETER_OPTIONS" value="" />
-    <option name="PARENT_ENVS" value="true" />
-    <option name="SDK_HOME" value="" />
-    <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-    <option name="IS_MODULE_SDK" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_CONTENT_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_SOURCE_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <EXTENSION ID="PythonCoverageRunConfigurationExtension" runner="coverage.py" />
-    <PathMappingSettings>
-      <option name="pathMappings">
-        <list>
-          <mapping local-root="$PROJECT_DIR$" remote-root="/app" />
-        </list>
-      </option>
-    </PathMappingSettings>
-    <option name="_new_keywords" value="&quot;&quot;" />
-    <option name="_new_additionalArguments" value="&quot;&quot;" />
-    <option name="_new_target" value="&quot;./{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/users/&quot;" />
-    <option name="_new_targetType" value="&quot;PATH&quot;" />
-    <method />
-  </configuration>
-</component>
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diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/runserver.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/runserver.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a348a2e7..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/runserver.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager"> 
-  <configuration default="false" name="runserver" type="Python.DjangoServer" factoryName="Django server" singleton="true"> 
-    <module name="{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}" />
-    <option name="INTERPRETER_OPTIONS" value="" />
-    <option name="PARENT_ENVS" value="true" />
-    <envs>
-      <env name="PYTHONUNBUFFERED" value="1" />
-      <env name="DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE" value="config.settings.local" />
-    </envs>
-    <option name="SDK_HOME" value="" /> 
-    <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" /> 
-    <option name="IS_MODULE_SDK" value="true" /> 
-    <option name="ADD_CONTENT_ROOTS" value="true" /> 
-    <option name="ADD_SOURCE_ROOTS" value="true" /> 
-    <PathMappingSettings>
-      <option name="pathMappings">
-        <list>
-          <mapping local-root="$PROJECT_DIR$" remote-root="/app" />
-        </list>
-      </option>
-    </PathMappingSettings>
-    <option name="launchJavascriptDebuger" value="false" /> 
-    <option name="port" value="8000" /> 
-    <option name="host" value="0.0.0.0" /> 
-    <option name="additionalOptions" value="" /> 
-    <option name="browserUrl" value="" /> 
-    <option name="runTestServer" value="false" /> 
-    <option name="runNoReload" value="false" /> 
-    <option name="useCustomRunCommand" value="false" /> 
-    <option name="customRunCommand" value="" /> 
-    <method />
-  </configuration>
-</component>
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/runserver_plus.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/runserver_plus.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 242f861a6..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/runConfigurations/runserver_plus.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="runserver_plus" type="Python.DjangoServer" factoryName="Django server" singleton="true">
-    <module name="{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}" />
-    <option name="INTERPRETER_OPTIONS" value="" />
-    <option name="PARENT_ENVS" value="true" />
-    <envs>
-      <env name="PYTHONUNBUFFERED" value="1" />
-      <env name="DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE" value="config.settings.local" />
-    </envs>
-    <option name="SDK_HOME" value="" />
-    <option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-    <option name="IS_MODULE_SDK" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_CONTENT_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <option name="ADD_SOURCE_ROOTS" value="true" />
-    <PathMappingSettings>
-      <option name="pathMappings">
-        <list>
-          <mapping local-root="$PROJECT_DIR$" remote-root="/app" />
-        </list>
-      </option>
-    </PathMappingSettings>
-    <option name="launchJavascriptDebuger" value="false" />
-    <option name="port" value="8000" />
-    <option name="host" value="0.0.0.0" />
-    <option name="additionalOptions" value="" />
-    <option name="browserUrl" value="" />
-    <option name="runTestServer" value="false" />
-    <option name="runNoReload" value="false" />
-    <option name="useCustomRunCommand" value="true" />
-    <option name="customRunCommand" value="runserver_plus" />
-    <method />
-  </configuration>
-</component>
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/vcs.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ace414d8..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/webResources.xml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/webResources.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 452953740..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/webResources.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="WebResourcesPaths">
-    <contentEntries>
-      <entry url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$">
-        <entryData>
-          <resourceRoots>
-            <path value="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/static" />
-          </resourceRoots>
-        </entryData>
-      </entry>
-    </contentEntries>
-  </component>
-</project>
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.iml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ff6e3883..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.idea/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="FacetManager">
-    <facet type="django" name="Django">
-      <configuration>
-        <option name="rootFolder" value="$MODULE_DIR$" />
-        <option name="settingsModule" value="config/settings/local.py" />
-        <option name="manageScript" value="$MODULE_DIR$/manage.py" />  
-        <option name="environment" value="&lt;map/&gt;" />
-        <option name="doNotUseTestRunner" value="false" /> 
-        <option name="trackFilePattern" value="migrations" /> 
-      </configuration>
-    </facet>
-  </component>
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
-    {% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner != 'None' %}
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$"> 
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/node_modules" />
-    </content>
-    {% else %} 
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" /> 
-    {% endif %}
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="PackageRequirementsSettings">
-    <option name="requirementsPath" value="$MODULE_DIR$/requirements/local.txt" />
-  </component>
-   <component name="PyDocumentationSettings"> 
-    <option name="renderExternalDocumentation" value="true" /> 
-  </component> 
-  <component name="ReSTService"> 
-    <option name="workdir" value="$MODULE_DIR$/docs" /> 
-    <option name="DOC_DIR" value="$MODULE_DIR$/docs" /> 
-  </component>
-  <component name="TemplatesService">
-    <option name="TEMPLATE_CONFIGURATION" value="Django" />
-    <option name="TEMPLATE_FOLDERS">
-      <list>
-        <option value="$MODULE_DIR$/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/templates" />
-      </list>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-  <component name="TestRunnerService">
-    <option name="projectConfiguration" value="py.test" />
-    <option name="PROJECT_TEST_RUNNER" value="py.test" />
-  </component>
-</module>