diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79e9827e..b800b7ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,24 +83,20 @@ redeploy the app (e.g. if there are errors or settings are changed).
 
 A Docker deployment requires [Docker Engine](https://www.docker.com/) v18.06.0+
 and [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) v1.22.0+ to create two
-containers: one for the database and one for the application. This process ues
-two files, `docker.env` and `docker-compose.yml` to set up the application from
-the [cdubzzz/babybuddy](https://hub.docker.com/r/cdubzzz/babybuddy) image on
-Docker Hub.
+containers: one for the database and one for the application.
 
-The example files provided in this repository (`docker.env.example` and 
-`docker-compose.example.yml`) are intended for production deployments. Those two
-files are all that is needed for a Docker deployment of Baby Buddy.
+The example `docker-compose.example.yml` file provided in this repository is
+intended for production deployments. Baby Buddy is deployed to Docker Hub as
+[cdubzzz/babybuddy](https://hub.docker.com/r/cdubzzz/babybuddy) so this is the
+only file needed for a Docker deployment with Docker Compose.
 
-1. Copy the contents of `docker.env.example` as `docker.env` and set the
-`ALLOWED_HOSTS` and `SECRET_KEY` variables (at least).
+1. Copy the contents of `docker-compose.example.yml` as `docker-compose.yml`
+and set, at least, the `ALLOWED_HOSTS` and `SECRET_KEY` variables under
+`services:app:environment`.
 
     *See [Configuration](#configuration) for other settings that can be
     controlled by environment variables.*
 
-1. Copy the contents of `docker-compose.example.yml` as `docker-compose.yml` in
-the same directory as the `docker.env` file from step 1.
-
 1. Build/run the application
 
         docker-compose up -d
diff --git a/docker-compose.example.yml b/docker-compose.example.yml
index 9c0fea72..55dea958 100644
--- a/docker-compose.example.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.example.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ services:
       - db:/db-data:rw
   app:
     image: cdubzzz/babybuddy
-    env_file:
-      - docker.env
+    # See README.md#configuration for other environment configuration options.
+    environment:
+      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=
+      - DEBUG=False
+      - DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=babybuddy.settings.docker
+      - SECRET_KEY=
+      - TIME_ZONE=
     command: gunicorn -c /app/gunicorn.py babybuddy.wsgi
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
diff --git a/docker.env.example b/docker.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index f34edd69..00000000
--- a/docker.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# See README.md#configuration for other configuration options.
-
-ALLOWED_HOSTS=
-DEBUG=False
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=babybuddy.settings.docker
-SECRET_KEY=
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