diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efc4c81..9d053a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 launch.json
 .vscode
-.env
 wakapi
 .idea
 build
@@ -8,5 +7,4 @@ build
 *.db
 config*.yml
 !config.default.yml
-config.ini
 pkged.go
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index f2d07db..36ab942 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	defaultConfigPath          = "config.yml"
-	defaultConfigPathLegacy    = "config.ini"
-	defaultEnvConfigPathLegacy = ".env"
 
 	SQLDialectMysql    = "mysql"
 	SQLDialectPostgres = "postgres"
@@ -288,8 +286,6 @@ func Load() *Config {
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	maybeMigrateLegacyConfig()
-
 	if err := configor.New(&configor.Config{}).Load(config, mustReadConfigLocation()); err != nil {
 		logbuch.Fatal("failed to read config: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/config/legacy.go b/config/legacy.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e5c3d7d..0000000
--- a/config/legacy.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-import (
-	"github.com/emvi/logbuch"
-	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
-	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
-)
-
-func maybeMigrateLegacyConfig() {
-	if yes, err := shouldMigrateLegacyConfig(); err != nil {
-		logbuch.Fatal("failed to determine whether to migrate legacy config: %v", err)
-	} else if yes {
-		logbuch.Info("migrating legacy config (%s, %s) to new format (%s); see https://github.com/muety/wakapi/issues/54", defaultConfigPathLegacy, defaultEnvConfigPathLegacy, defaultConfigPath)
-		if err := migrateLegacyConfig(); err != nil {
-			logbuch.Fatal("failed to migrate legacy config: %v", err)
-		}
-		logbuch.Info("config migration successful; please delete %s and %s now", defaultConfigPathLegacy, defaultEnvConfigPathLegacy)
-	}
-}
-
-func shouldMigrateLegacyConfig() (bool, error) {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(defaultConfigPath); err == nil {
-		return false, nil
-	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return true, err
-	}
-	return true, nil
-}
-
-func migrateLegacyConfig() error {
-	// step 1: read envVars file parameters
-	envFile, err := os.Open(defaultEnvConfigPathLegacy)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	envVars, err := godotenv.Parse(envFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	env := envVars["ENV"]
-	dbType := envVars["WAKAPI_DB_TYPE"]
-	dbUser := envVars["WAKAPI_DB_USER"]
-	dbPassword := envVars["WAKAPI_DB_PASSWORD"]
-	dbHost := envVars["WAKAPI_DB_HOST"]
-	dbName := envVars["WAKAPI_DB_NAME"]
-	dbPortStr := envVars["WAKAPI_DB_PORT"]
-	passwordSalt := envVars["WAKAPI_PASSWORD_SALT"]
-	dbPort, _ := strconv.Atoi(dbPortStr)
-
-	// step 2: read ini file
-	cfg, err := ini.Load(defaultConfigPathLegacy)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if dbType == "" {
-		dbType = SQLDialectSqlite
-	}
-
-	dbMaxConn := cfg.Section("database").Key("max_connections").MustUint(2)
-	addr := cfg.Section("server").Key("listen").MustString("127.0.0.1")
-	insecureCookies := cfg.Section("server").Key("insecure_cookies").MustBool(false)
-	port, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("PORT"))
-	if err != nil {
-		port = cfg.Section("server").Key("port").MustInt()
-	}
-
-	basePathEnv, basePathEnvExists := os.LookupEnv("WAKAPI_BASE_PATH")
-	basePath := cfg.Section("server").Key("base_path").MustString("/")
-	if basePathEnvExists {
-		basePath = basePathEnv
-	}
-
-	// Read custom languages
-	customLangs := make(map[string]string)
-	languageKeys := cfg.Section("languages").Keys()
-	for _, k := range languageKeys {
-		customLangs[k.Name()] = k.MustString("unknown")
-	}
-
-	// step 3: instantiate config
-	config := &Config{
-		Env: env,
-		App: appConfig{
-			CustomLanguages: customLangs,
-		},
-		Security: securityConfig{
-			PasswordSalt:    passwordSalt,
-			InsecureCookies: insecureCookies,
-		},
-		Db: dbConfig{
-			Host:     dbHost,
-			Port:     uint(dbPort),
-			User:     dbUser,
-			Password: dbPassword,
-			Name:     dbName,
-			Dialect:  dbType,
-			MaxConn:  dbMaxConn,
-		},
-		Server: serverConfig{
-			Port:       port,
-			ListenIpV4: addr,
-			BasePath:   basePath,
-		},
-	}
-
-	// step 4: serialize to yaml
-	yamlConfig, err := yaml.Marshal(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// step 5: write file
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(defaultConfigPath, yamlConfig, 0600); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6c99680..004f9d9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.1.0
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1
 	github.com/jinzhu/configor v1.2.0
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/markbates/pkger v0.17.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v2.0.3+incompatible // indirect
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
-	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.50.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
 	gorm.io/driver/mysql v1.0.3
 	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9f0b563..a468274 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkr
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.1 h1:g39TucaRWyV3dwDO++eEc6qf8TVIQ/Da48WmqjZ3i7E=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.1/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
@@ -554,8 +553,6 @@ gopkg.in/gcfg.v1 v1.2.3/go.mod h1:yesOnuUOFQAhST5vPY4nbZsb/huCgGGXlipJsBn0b3o=
 gopkg.in/gorp.v1 v1.7.2 h1:j3DWlAyGVv8whO7AcIWznQ2Yj7yJkn34B8s63GViAAw=
 gopkg.in/gorp.v1 v1.7.2/go.mod h1:Wo3h+DBQZIxATwftsglhdD/62zRFPhGhTiu5jUJmCaw=
 gopkg.in/inconshreveable/log15.v2 v2.0.0-20180818164646-67afb5ed74ec/go.mod h1:aPpfJ7XW+gOuirDoZ8gHhLh3kZ1B08FtV2bbmy7Jv3s=
-gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.50.0 h1:c/4YI/GUgB7d2yOkxdsQyYDhW67nWrTl6Zyd9vagYmg=
-gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.50.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0/go.mod h1:mDo4pnntr5jdWRML875a/NmxYqAlA73dVijT2AXvQQo=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
 gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2/go.mod h1:jksf8JmL6Qr/oQM2OXTHunEvvTAsrWBLb6OOjuVWRNI=