diff --git a/.env.dev b/.env.dev
deleted file mode 100644
index 945485d0b..000000000
--- a/.env.dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-LLAMA_STACK_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8321
-LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_LOG=debug
-LLAMA_STACK_PORT=8321
-LLAMA_STACK_CONFIG=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc9f374a8..f54d1563d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .env
-.env.dev
 __pycache__
 dist
 *.egg-info
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 17b28dda5..ef73dadc3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -70,9 +70,17 @@ $ uv pip install -e .
 $ source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
-Note that you can modify the existing `.env.dev` dotenv file for running client SDK tests via the following:
+Note that you can create a dotenv file `.env` that includes necessary environment variables:
+```
+LLAMA_STACK_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8321
+LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_LOG=debug
+LLAMA_STACK_PORT=8321
+LLAMA_STACK_CONFIG=
+```
+
+And then use this dotenv file when running client SDK tests via the following:
 ```bash
-$ uv run --env-file .env.dev -- pytest -v tests/client-sdk/inference/test_text_inference.py
+$ uv run --env-file .env -- pytest -v tests/client-sdk/inference/test_text_inference.py
 ```
 
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