diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 41d62ac..a8aa402 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+# Replace 172.17.0.1 with your Docker Host IP for development!
+# It should be the docker0 inet address.
+MONGO_HOST=mongodb://172.17.0.1:27017
 DOCKER_REGISTRY=
 DOCKER_IMAGE_CHAPTERS_BACKEND_TAG=latest
 SERVICE_PORT=10001
-MONGO_HOST=chapters-backend-mongodb
diff --git a/docker-compose-dev-deps.yml b/docker-compose-dev-deps.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c6f3a4..0000000
--- a/docker-compose-dev-deps.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.4'
-services:
-  chapters-backend-mongodb:
-    image: "mongo:3.4"
-    volumes:
-    - chapters-backend-mongodb-configdb:/data/configdb
-    - chapters-backend-mongodb-db:/data/db
-volumes:
-  chapters-backend-mongodb-configdb:
-  chapters-backend-mongodb-db: