diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebad4db..778a092 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "webpack --config ./webpack/client/prod.js",
     "dev": "nodemon index.js",
-    "postinstall": "cp sample.env .env",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "start": "node index.js",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
deleted file mode 100644
index dd3726d..0000000
--- a/sample.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-NODE_ENV="development"
diff --git a/scripts/create-env-file.sh b/scripts/create-env-file.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e7473aa..0000000
--- a/scripts/create-env-file.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ ! -f .env ]; then
-  echo "... copying .env file ..."
-  cp -v sample.env .env
-else
-  echo "file already exists"
-fi
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 58e7b19..8fed9d0 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { publicPath, path } = config.output;
 const app = express();
 app.disable('x-powered-by');
 
-const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
+const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' || true;
 
 if (dev) {
   /* eslint-disable global-require */