diff --git a/providers.tf b/providers.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 16ff320..0000000
--- a/providers.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-provider "cloudflare" {
-  api_token = var.api_token
-}
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 93b8d05..7f545c5 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-variable "api_token" {
-  description = "The Cloudflare API token."
-  type        = string
-  sensitive   = true
-}
-
 variable "account_name" {
   description = "Account Name to manage the zone resource in. `Account Settings:Read` permission is required."
   type        = string