diff --git a/hc/settings.py b/hc/settings.py
index bacb641..4bff98e 100644
--- a/hc/settings.py
+++ b/hc/settings.py
@@ -147,13 +147,7 @@
 )
 COMPRESS_OFFLINE = True
 
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
-EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.googlemail.com'
-EMAIL_PORT = 465
-EMAIL_HOST_USER = "andelatestmail@gmail.com"
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "andelatestmail1"
-EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
-EMAIL_USE_SSL = True
+
 
 # Slack integration -- override these in local_settings
 SLACK_CLIENT_ID = None