diff --git a/gunicorn_start.sh b/gunicorn_start.sh
index 94e1cc34f..601efef30 100755
--- a/gunicorn_start.sh
+++ b/gunicorn_start.sh
@@ -30,12 +30,7 @@ echo "Starting $NAME as `whoami` on base dir $SAPL_DIR"
 
 # Ativa ambiente virtual
 cd $DJANGODIR
-if [ "$SAPL_VIRTUAL_ENV" ]
-then
-source $SAPL_VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate
-else
-source /var/interlegis/.virtualenvs/sapl/bin/activate
-fi
+SAPL_VENV_DIR=${SAPL_VIRTUAL_ENV-/var/interlegis/.virtualenvs/sapl}
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
 export PYTHONPATH=$DJANGODIR:$PYTHONPATH
 
diff --git a/sapl/.env.example b/sapl/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index b8dc89356..000000000
--- a/sapl/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:@sapldb:/sapl
-SECRET_KEY=
-DEBUG=False
-EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
-EMAIL_PORT=587
-EMAIL_HOST= 
-EMAIL_HOST_USER= 
-EMAIL_SEND_USER= 
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
-SAPL_VIRTUAL_ENV=