diff --git a/terraform/environments/dev/main.tf b/terraform/environments/dev/main.tf
index 50b245b..bed3a53 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/dev/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/dev/main.tf
@@ -33,6 +33,4 @@ module "compute" {
   frontend_subnet_id = module.network.subnet_ids["frontend"]
   backend_subnet_id  = module.network.subnet_ids["backend"]
   database_subnet_id = module.network.subnet_ids["database"]
-
-  startup_script = file("${path.module}/startup.sh")
 }