diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 18245583..af8956a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ npm-debug.log
 # this depending on your deployment strategy.
 /priv/static/
 
-# Mnesia
-/Mnesia*
-
 # Intellij IDEA
 .idea
 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 5398627d..efe2d100 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.MixProject do
   def application do
     [
       mod: {Philomena.Application, []},
-      extra_applications: [:logger, :canada, :mnesia, :runtime_tools]
+      extra_applications: [:logger, :canada, :runtime_tools]
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/rel/vm.args b/rel/vm.args
index c16392ae..e91821ec 100644
--- a/rel/vm.args
+++ b/rel/vm.args
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 ## Cookie for distributed erlang
 -setcookie <%= release.profile.cookie %>
 
-## Path for Mnesia
--mnesia dir '"${MNESIA_DIR}"'
-
 ## Heartbeat management; auto-restarts VM if it dies or becomes unresponsive
 ## (Disabled by default..use with caution!)
 ##-heart