diff --git a/.env b/.env
index ee716e348de5b20285c684989e9f6122fafa4af0..350135560d3909692ca122094f3577b1418f8128 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ CERN_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=fill-me
 EMAIL_AES_SECRET_KEY=fill-mefill-mefill-mefill-mefill
 
 # SMIME signed emails
-EMAIL_BACKEND=vendor.django_mail.backends.smimesmtp.EmailBackend
-EMAIL_SMIME_CERT_FILE_PATH=/etc/notifications-noreply.pem
-EMAIL_SMIME_CERT_KEY_FILE_PATH=/etc/notifications-noreply-key.pem
+#EMAIL_BACKEND=vendor.django_mail.backends.smimesmtp.EmailBackend
+#EMAIL_SMIME_CERT_FILE_PATH=/etc/notifications-noreply.pem
+#EMAIL_SMIME_CERT_KEY_FILE_PATH=/etc/notifications-noreply-key.pem