diff --git a/src/libpvarki/middleware/mtlsheader.py b/src/libpvarki/middleware/mtlsheader.py
index 3310043..3b703a3 100644
--- a/src/libpvarki/middleware/mtlsheader.py
+++ b/src/libpvarki/middleware/mtlsheader.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-CONFIG = Config(".env")
+CONFIG = Config()  # not supporting .env files anymore because https://github.com/encode/starlette/discussions/2446
 DNDict = Mapping[str, str]
 
 
diff --git a/src/libpvarki/mtlshelp/context.py b/src/libpvarki/mtlshelp/context.py
index d7b5aa9..a5cdaad 100644
--- a/src/libpvarki/mtlshelp/context.py
+++ b/src/libpvarki/mtlshelp/context.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-CONFIG = Config(".env")
+CONFIG = Config()  # not supporting .env files anymore because https://github.com/encode/starlette/discussions/2446
 
 # https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/discussions/1040 was very helpful