diff --git a/config.ini b/config.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index e345996..0000000
--- a/config.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# config.ini
-
-[user]
-BCRYPT_LOG_ROUNDS : 13
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookie_api/models.py b/cookie_api/models.py
index c04cd8c..3a2823d 100644
--- a/cookie_api/models.py
+++ b/cookie_api/models.py
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.sql import expression
 from sqlalchemy.ext.compiler import compiles
 from sqlalchemy.types import DateTime as DateTimeType
 
-cfg = ConfigParser()
-cfg.read('config.ini')
-
-BCRYPT_LOG_ROUNDS = int(cfg.get('user', 'BCRYPT_LOG_ROUNDS'))
-
+BCRYPT_LOG_ROUNDS = 13
 
 # can be moved to models util?
 class utcnow(expression.FunctionElement):