diff --git a/.buildpacks b/.buildpacks
deleted file mode 100644
index 7733df5d5e..0000000000
--- a/.buildpacks
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/mojodna/heroku-buildpack-cairo.git
-https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs.git
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index ec855521c7..f71fc4c89e 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
   "repository": "https://github.com/badges/shields",
   "logo": "http://shields.io/favicon.png",
   "env": {
-    "NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION": {
-      "description": "Configure whether devDependencies are installed (they are needed for the build).",
-      "value": "false"
-    },
     "WHEELMAP_TOKEN": {
       "description": "Configure the token to be used for the Wheelmap service.",
       "required": false