diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index 98267c86cb3b4b34e490315ba3725da37cb5a2ca..9a1a85312704f7be835d4a35e8c3036a1a70cb60 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ CLIENT_IP_HEADER=HTTP_X_REAL_IP
 DJANGO_MIGRATE=yes
 DJANGO_HOST=hub.localhost
 
-ADMINS=admin@localhost
-
 # mail configuration
 MAIL_FROM=noreply@localhost
 MAIL_CONFIG=smtp+tls://smtpuser:pass@mx:587
diff --git a/deployment/local_settings.docker-example.py b/deployment/local_settings.docker-example.py
index 3a1449f286a6d71fb943f9dca0db31f24b59750a..b9fb1a4b9c79eeef68ffa155b304792c79e0dec6 100644
--- a/deployment/local_settings.docker-example.py
+++ b/deployment/local_settings.docker-example.py
@@ -36,20 +36,11 @@ LOGGING = {
             'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
             'formatter': 'simple',
         },
-        # 'mail_admins': {
-        #     'level': 'ERROR',
-        #     'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
-        # },
     },
     'loggers': {
         'django': {
             'handlers': ['file', 'console'],
             'level': 'INFO',
         },
-        # 'django.request': {
-        #     'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
-        #     'level': 'ERROR',
-        #     'propagate': False,
-        # },
     },
 }
diff --git a/src/hub/settings/base.py b/src/hub/settings/base.py
index 8fb99e4cba0def4646385738d127a83d42ea408c..458d9f8e1d4c66f8054c91d15a58dfae8127358e 100644
--- a/src/hub/settings/base.py
+++ b/src/hub/settings/base.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/
 import json
 import os
 import re
-from email.utils import getaddresses
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import environ
@@ -451,8 +450,6 @@ ASSEMBLY_TEAM_FROM_EMAIL = env.str('ASSEMBLY_TEAM_FROM_EMAIL')
 ASSEMBLY_TEAM_REPLY_TO = [env.str('ASSEMBLY_TEAM_FROM_EMAIL')]
 
 
-ADMINS = getaddresses([env('ADMINS', default='')])
-
 # try to parse mail config as URL, e.g. smtp+tls://user%40gmail.com:password@mx.local:587
 mail_config_str = env.str('MAIL_CONFIG', default=None)
 if mail_config_str: