diff --git a/defaults.sh b/defaults.sh
index b52cf6b..48b6647 100644
--- a/defaults.sh
+++ b/defaults.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ BTCPAY_INSTANCE_TYPE="t2.medium"
 export WWW_INSTANCE_TYPE="$WWW_INSTANCE_TYPE"
 export BTCPAY_INSTANCE_TYPE="$BTCPAY_INSTANCE_TYPE"
 
-export SMTP_PASSWORD=
+# TODO REMOVE SMTP_PASSWORD ONCE VERIFIED NO LONGER NEEDED
+#export SMTP_PASSWORD=
 export GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD=
 export GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
 export NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD=
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 01c1a28..e798fcf 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ export DUPLICITY_BACKUP_PASSPHRASE="$(new_pass)"
 
 # AWS only
 #export DDNS_PASSWORD=
-#export SMTP_PASSWORD=
 
 ## WWW
 export DEPLOY_WWW_SERVER=true
diff --git a/deployment/stub_docker_yml.sh b/deployment/stub_docker_yml.sh
index 0fc4d2e..da1789a 100755
--- a/deployment/stub_docker_yml.sh
+++ b/deployment/stub_docker_yml.sh
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
       - ${REMOTE_HOME}/ghost_site:/var/lib/ghost/content
     environment:
       - url=https://${FQDN}
-      - mail__options__service=SMTP
-      - mail__transport=SMTP
-      - mail__options__host=${SMTP_SERVER}
-      - mail__options__port=${SMTP_PORT}
-      - mail__options__auth__user=${SMTP_LOGIN}
-      - mail__options__auth__pass=\${SMTP_PASSWORD}
       - database__client=mysql
       - database__connection__host=ghostdb
       - database__connection__user=ghost
diff --git a/shared.sh b/shared.sh
index eaefd4c..ca76471 100755
--- a/shared.sh
+++ b/shared.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ export CERTIFICATE_EMAIL_ADDRESS="$ADMIN_ACCOUNT_USERNAME@$DOMAIN_NAME"
 export REMOTE_CERT_BASE_DIR="$REMOTE_HOME/.certs"
 export REMOTE_CERT_DIR="$REMOTE_CERT_BASE_DIR/$FQDN"
 
-touch "$SITE_PATH/debug.log"
-export SMTP_LOGIN="www@mail.$DOMAIN_NAME"
 export VM_NAME="sovereign-stack-base"
 export REMOTE_NEXTCLOUD_PATH="$REMOTE_HOME/nextcloud"
 export REMOTE_GITEA_PATH="$REMOTE_HOME/gitea"