diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/local_settings.py.j2 b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/local_settings.py.j2
index 0b4ffd0160..43be7b33d8 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/local_settings.py.j2
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/local_settings.py.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Ansible, Inc. (formerly AnsibleWorks, Inc.)
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
-# Local Django settings for AWX project.  Rename to "local_settings.py" and
-# edit as needed for your development environment.
+# Local Django settings for AWX project.
 
 # All variables defined in awx/settings/development.py will already be loaded
 # into the global namespace before this file is loaded, to allow for reading
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh b/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh
index 2e80679cb2..67f2e644a6 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/start_tests.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ cd /awx_devel
 make clean
 make awx-link
 
-cp tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/files/local_settings.py awx/settings/local_settings.py
-
 if [[ ! $@ ]]; then
     make test
 else