diff --git a/env.go b/env.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bbeac3d..0000000
--- a/env.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package stripego
-
-import "github.com/joho/godotenv"
-
-// Env - load the configurations from .env
-func Env() error {
-	// load environment variables
-	return godotenv.Load()
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3db6183..5dfc71e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,4 @@ module github.com/pilinux/stripego
 
 go 1.19
 
-require (
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0
-	github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74 v74.4.0
-)
+require github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74 v74.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d1ec79a..60379a2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0 h1:3l4+N6zfMWnkbPEXKng2o2/MR5mSwTrBih4ZEkkz1lg=
-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/paymentintent_test.go b/paymentintent_test.go
index 288aa05..93b78f3 100644
--- a/paymentintent_test.go
+++ b/paymentintent_test.go
@@ -18,20 +18,8 @@ var PaymentIntentID string
 var PaymentIntentAmount int64
 
 func TestCreatePaymentIntent(t *testing.T) {
-	stripeSK, ok := os.LookupEnv("STRIPE_SK")
-	if !ok {
-		err := stripego.Env()
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to load .env: %v", err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		StripeSK = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("STRIPE_SK"))
-		Currency = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("CURRENCY"))
-	} else {
-		StripeSK = strings.TrimSpace(stripeSK)
-		Currency = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("CURRENCY"))
-	}
+	StripeSK = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("STRIPE_SK"))
+	Currency = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("CURRENCY"))
 
 	PaymentIntentObject = "payment_intent"
 	PaymentIntentAmount = 1000
diff --git a/transfer_test.go b/transfer_test.go
index e5f6cdf..702e65f 100644
--- a/transfer_test.go
+++ b/transfer_test.go
@@ -15,22 +15,9 @@ var TransferObject string
 var TransferAmount int64
 
 func TestTransferBalance(t *testing.T) {
-	stripeSK, ok := os.LookupEnv("STRIPE_SK")
-	if !ok {
-		err := stripego.Env()
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to load .env: %v", err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		StripeSK = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("STRIPE_SK"))
-		Currency = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("CURRENCY"))
-		Destination = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("DESTINATION"))
-	} else {
-		StripeSK = strings.TrimSpace(stripeSK)
-		Currency = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("CURRENCY"))
-		Destination = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("DESTINATION"))
-	}
+	StripeSK = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("STRIPE_SK"))
+	Currency = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("CURRENCY"))
+	Destination = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("DESTINATION"))
 
 	TransferObject = "transfer"
 	TransferAmount = 100