diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d307089f..05906bf13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 /tmp
 
 /spec/examples.txt
-/config/database.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+/config/database.yml
+/config/secrets.yml
diff --git a/config/secrets.yml b/config/secrets.yml.example
similarity index 83%
rename from config/secrets.yml
rename to config/secrets.yml.example
index 1badccfe5..953acf648 100644
--- a/config/secrets.yml
+++ b/config/secrets.yml.example
@@ -15,8 +15,3 @@ development:
 
 test:
   secret_key_base: 4d5adf961ddd27aef19622d6c0b3234d555f9ee003f022b1f829c92bbe33aaee907be7feb67bd54c14a1a32512fa968565ad405971fbc41bd0797af73c26a796
-
-# Do not keep production secrets in the repository,
-# instead read values from the environment.
-production:
-  secret_key_base: <%= ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] %>