diff --git a/blueprints/addon/files/addon-config/environment.js b/blueprints/addon/files/addon-config/environment.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 331ab30dfe2..00000000000
--- a/blueprints/addon/files/addon-config/environment.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-module.exports = function (/* environment, appConfig */) {
-  return {};
-};
diff --git a/blueprints/addon/index.js b/blueprints/addon/index.js
index 1104b4349b5..9dd6e617055 100644
--- a/blueprints/addon/index.js
+++ b/blueprints/addon/index.js
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ module.exports = {
     '^config.*': 'tests/dummy/:path',
     '^public.*': 'tests/dummy/:path',
 
-    '^addon-config/environment.js': 'config/environment.js',
     '^addon-config/ember-try.js': 'config/ember-try.js',
 
     '^npmignore': '.npmignore',
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/addon-smoke-test-slow.js b/tests/acceptance/addon-smoke-test-slow.js
index 06398a26e1c..6ab3c4cc639 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/addon-smoke-test-slow.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/addon-smoke-test-slow.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ describe('Acceptance: addon-smoke-test', function () {
       return handleError(error, 'tar');
     }
 
-    let necessaryFiles = ['package.json', 'index.js', 'LICENSE.md', 'README.md', 'config/environment.js'];
+    let necessaryFiles = ['package.json', 'index.js', 'LICENSE.md', 'README.md'];
 
     let unnecessaryFiles = [
       '.gitkeep',