diff --git a/startup.sh b/startup.sh
index 21c35be63..acbfc7cdf 100755
--- a/startup.sh
+++ b/startup.sh
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ test -f .env || usage "Missing .env file"
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 set -o allexport && source .env && set +o allexport
 
-echo $SESSION_EXPIRY
-echo $SESSION_SECRET
-
-
 # shellcheck source=./scripts/export_aws_creds.sh
 source "${DIR}/scripts/export_aws_creds.sh"
 
@@ -82,8 +78,6 @@ if [ "${ACTION_LOCAL:-0}" == "1" ]; then
   echo "Redis listening on redis://localhost:${REDIS_PORT:-6379}"
   if [ "${ACTION_DEPS_ONLY:-0}" == "0" ]; then
     export PORT="${DOCKER_FRONTEND_PORT:-3000}"
-    export SESSION_SECRET="${SESSION_SECRET:-123456}"
-
     yarn install && yarn test:dev-evironment-variables && yarn copy-assets && yarn dev
   else
     docker compose -f docker-compose.yml logs -f