diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b24d09c..00000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-node_modules
-npm-debug.log
-Dockerfile*
-docker-compose*
-.dockerignore
-.git
-.gitignore
-README.md
-LICENSE
-.vscode
-public
-.cache
-.github
-package-lock.json
-README.md
-coverage
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dba9d1b..00000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Dockerfile for local development just installing dependencies.
-# Use together with `docker-compose up`
-FROM node:alpine
-
-RUN mkdir -p /blog
-WORKDIR /blog
-COPY package.json .
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
-    g++ \
-    make \
-    autoconf \
-    automake \
-    libtool \
-    nasm \
-    libc6-compat \
-    libjpeg-turbo-dev \
-    libpng-dev \
-    git \
-    bash \
-    python \
-    && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* \
-    && npm install \
-    && npm cache clean --force \
-    && apk del .build-deps
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f175ad11..29ac9316 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ If you want to know how this works, have a look at the respective component unde
 
 ## ✨ Development
 
-You can simply use [Docker](https://www.docker.com) & [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) or install and run dependencies on your local system.
-
 ```bash
 git clone git@github.com:kremalicious/blog.git
 cd blog/
@@ -173,10 +171,6 @@ cd blog/
 cp .env.sample .env
 vi .env
 
-# use Docker
-docker-compose up
-
-# or go with local system
 npm i
 npm start
 ```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 17d746b0..00000000
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-version: '3'
-services:
-  blog:
-    build: .
-    command: npm start
-    volumes:
-      - .:/blog
-      - /blog/node_modules
-    ports:
-      - '8000:8000'