diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dbadb22..ba55fcf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ RUN chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/deploy
 # switch to user deploy
 USER deploy
 
-# setup runtime variables for apache
-ENV APACHE_PID_FILE=/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid 
-ENV APACHE_LOCK_DIR=/var/lock/apache2 
-ENV APACHE_LOG_DIR=/var/log/apache2
-ENV APACHE_RUN_DIR=/var/run/apache2 
-ENV APACHE_RUN_USER=deploy
-ENV APACHE_RUN_GROUP=deploy
-
 # set path to include ~/.local/bin
 ENV PATH "$PATH:/home/deploy/.local/bin"