diff --git a/aredis_om/connections.py b/aredis_om/connections.py
index 59d578d..bbae0c6 100644
--- a/aredis_om/connections.py
+++ b/aredis_om/connections.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
 import aioredis
-import dotenv
-
-
-dotenv.load_dotenv()
 
 URL = os.environ.get("REDIS_OM_URL", None)
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6ed2f34..145f7fd 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -891,17 +891,6 @@ psutil = ["psutil (>=3.0)"]
 setproctitle = ["setproctitle"]
 testing = ["filelock"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "python-dotenv"
-version = "0.20.0"
-description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
-category = "main"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.5"
-
-[package.extras]
-cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "python-ulid"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1252,7 +1241,7 @@ testing = ["pytest (>=4.6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-flake8", "pytes
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "10bb933501e8eac9d642b4a655e58f247e79ed92dc45c1b77eaddd99e94aed77"
+content-hash = "a1cf6f75d836519182bcf2ad53213b49081aef7de1c789980663012d98f5f894"
 
 [metadata.files]
 aioredis = [
@@ -1789,10 +1778,6 @@ pytest-xdist = [
     {file = "pytest-xdist-2.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4580deca3ff04ddb2ac53eba39d76cb5dd5edeac050cb6fbc768b0dd712b4edf"},
     {file = "pytest_xdist-2.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6fe5c74fec98906deb8f2d2b616b5c782022744978e7bd4695d39c8f42d0ce65"},
 ]
-python-dotenv = [
-    {file = "python-dotenv-0.20.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b7e3b04a59693c42c36f9ab1cc2acc46fa5df8c78e178fc33a8d4cd05c8d498f"},
-    {file = "python_dotenv-0.20.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d92a187be61fe482e4fd675b6d52200e7be63a12b724abbf931a40ce4fa92938"},
-]
 python-ulid = [
     {file = "python-ulid-1.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5fb5e4a91db8ca93e8938a613360b3def299b60d41f847279a8c39c9b2e9c65e"},
     {file = "python_ulid-1.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:88c952f6be133dbede19c907d72d26717d2691ec8421512b573144794d891e24"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b4babe5..bdf6e27 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ pptree = "^3.1"
 types-redis = ">=3.5.9,<5.0.0"
 types-six = "^1.16.1"
 python-ulid = "^1.0.3"
-python-dotenv = ">=0.19.1,<0.21.0"
 cleo = "1.0.0a4"
 typing-extensions = "^4.0.0"
 hiredis = "^2.0.0"