diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac6cee53..4fb60982 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Cargo.lock
 .LSOverride
 
 # Environment
-.env
 *.env.local
 
 # AWS / SAM
diff --git a/examples/http-axum-diesel-ssl/.DS_Store b/examples/http-axum-diesel-ssl/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 06fbd0f6..00000000
Binary files a/examples/http-axum-diesel-ssl/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/lambda-rds-iam-auth/cdk/cdk.json b/examples/lambda-rds-iam-auth/cdk/cdk.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d92ca81..00000000
--- a/examples/lambda-rds-iam-auth/cdk/cdk.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "app": "npx ts-node --prefer-ts-exts app.ts",
-    "watch": {
-        "include": [
-            "**.js",
-            "**.rs",
-            "**.ts"
-        ],
-        "exclude": [
-            "README.md",
-            "cdk*.json",
-            "**/*.d.ts",
-            "**/*.js",
-            "tsconfig.json",
-            "package*.json",
-            "yarn.lock",
-            "node_modules",
-            "test"
-        ]
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-plz.toml b/release-plz.toml
index cd851cc2..df3dff1f 100644
--- a/release-plz.toml
+++ b/release-plz.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ git_release_enable = false
 [[package]]
 name = "lambda-integration-tests"
 publish = false
+release = false
 
 [changelog]
 protect_breaking_commits = true