diff --git a/apps/backend/.env b/apps/backend/.env
index 1d5159812..5c2d486e5 100644
--- a/apps/backend/.env
+++ b/apps/backend/.env
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_API_URL=# the base URL of Stack's backend/API. For local development, this is `http://localhost:8102`; for the managed service, this is `https://api.stack-auth.com`.
 NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_DASHBOARD_URL=# the URL of Stack's dashboard. For local development, this is `http://localhost:8101`; for the managed service, this is `https://app.stack-auth.com`.
 STACK_SECRET_SERVER_KEY=# a random, unguessable secret key generated by `pnpm generate-keys`
-STACK_INTERNAL_PROJECT_CLIENT_KEY=# enter your Stack publishable client key here. For local development, just enter a random string, then run `pnpm db:reset`
-STACK_INTERNAL_PROJECT_SERVER_KEY=# enter your Stack secret server key here. For local development, do the same as above
 
 
 # seed script settings
diff --git a/apps/backend/.env.development b/apps/backend/.env.development
index c63304553..42fd65b02 100644
--- a/apps/backend/.env.development
+++ b/apps/backend/.env.development
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_API_URL=http://localhost:8102
 NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_DASHBOARD_URL=http://localhost:8101
-STACK_INTERNAL_PROJECT_CLIENT_KEY=this-publishable-client-key-is-for-local-development-only
-STACK_INTERNAL_PROJECT_SERVER_KEY=this-secret-server-key-is-for-local-development-only
 STACK_SERVER_SECRET=23-wuNpik0gIW4mruTz25rbIvhuuvZFrLOLtL7J4tyo
 
 STACK_SEED_INTERNAL_PROJECT_SIGN_UP_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/stack.tsx b/apps/backend/src/stack.tsx
index 323190df8..a2e074212 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/stack.tsx
+++ b/apps/backend/src/stack.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ export const stackServerApp = new StackServerApp({
   projectId: 'internal',
   tokenStore: 'memory',
   baseUrl: getEnvVariable('NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_API_URL'),
-  publishableClientKey: getEnvVariable('STACK_INTERNAL_PROJECT_CLIENT_KEY'),
-  secretServerKey: getEnvVariable('STACK_INTERNAL_PROJECT_SERVER_KEY'),
+  publishableClientKey: getEnvVariable('STACK_SEED_INTERNAL_PROJECT_PUBLISHABLE_CLIENT_KEY'),
+  secretServerKey: getEnvVariable('STACK_SEED_INTERNAL_PROJECT_SECRET_SERVER_KEY'),
 });