diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 172502d3..fbb7ce03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 .venv
 __pycache__
-.env
-_certs/*
-
-# protobuf support
-encryption_jwt/google
+_certs
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d13a9a78..00000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "cSpell.words": [
-    "AESGCM",
-    "aiohttp",
-    "boto",
-    "botocore",
-    "Ciphertext",
-    "cloudservice",
-    "encryptor",
-    "hdrs",
-    "protobuf",
-    "temporalio",
-    "urandom"
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/encryption_jwt/README.md b/encryption_jwt/README.md
index b868b3e9..6683936c 100644
--- a/encryption_jwt/README.md
+++ b/encryption_jwt/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ In the same terminal start the worker:
 poetry run python worker.py <namespace>
 ```
 
-> Note: you will need to run at least one Worker per-namespace.
+> [!Note]
+> You will need to run at least one Worker per-namespace.
 
 ### Codec server
 
@@ -140,4 +141,4 @@ Open the Web UI and select a workflow, you'll only see encrypted results. To see
 Once those requirements are met you can then see the unencrypted results. This is possible because
 CORS settings in the codec server allow the browser to access the codec server directly over
 localhost. Decrypted data never leaves your local machine. See [Codec
-Server](https://docs.temporal.io/production-deployment/data-encryption)
\ No newline at end of file
+Server](https://docs.temporal.io/production-deployment/data-encryption)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a0e18293..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-aiohappyeyeballs==2.4.0
-aiohttp==3.10.5
-aiosignal==1.3.1
-attrs==24.2.0
-frozenlist==1.4.1
-grpcio==1.65.5
-idna==3.7
-multidict==6.0.5
-protobuf==5.27.3
-PyJWT==2.9.0
-temporalio==1.7.0
-types-protobuf==5.27.0.20240626
-typing_extensions==4.12.2
-yarl==1.9.4