diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d7abb18..0e19095 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 TARGET = ./cc-backend
-VAR = ./var
-CFG = config.json .env
 FRONTEND = ./web/frontend
 VERSION = 1.4.4
 GIT_HASH := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo 'development')
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ SVELTE_SRC = $(wildcard $(FRONTEND)/src/*.svelte)                 \
 
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 
-$(TARGET): $(VAR) $(CFG) $(SVELTE_TARGETS)
+$(TARGET): $(SVELTE_TARGETS)
 	$(info ===>  BUILD cc-backend)
 	@go build -ldflags=${LD_FLAGS} ./cmd/cc-backend
 
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ distclean:
 	@$(MAKE) clean
 	$(info ===>  DISTCLEAN)
 	@rm -rf $(FRONTEND)/node_modules
-	@rm -rf $(VAR)
+	@rm -rf ./var
 
 test:
 	$(info ===>  TESTING)
@@ -84,14 +82,6 @@ tags:
 $(VAR):
 	@mkdir -p $(VAR)
 
-config.json:
-	$(info ===>  Initialize config.json file)
-	@cp configs/config.json config.json
-
-.env:
-	$(info ===>  Initialize .env file)
-	@cp configs/env-template.txt .env
-
 $(SVELTE_TARGETS): $(SVELTE_SRC)
 	$(info ===>  BUILD frontend)
 	cd web/frontend && npm install && npm run build
diff --git a/startDemo.sh b/startDemo.sh
index 5227508..10ba7f0 100755
--- a/startDemo.sh
+++ b/startDemo.sh
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ else
 
   ./cc-backend -dev -init-db -add-user demo:admin,api:demo
   ./cc-backend -server -dev
-
 fi