diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 5cbe5b3e0..f3470dc6d 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ omit =
   */migrations/*
   treeherder/config/wsgi.py
   treeherder/config/settings.py
-  treeherder/config/settings_local.py
-  treeherder/config/settings_local.example.py
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fac6fa071..d3e1561ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ node_modules/
 deployment/update/commander_settings.py
 dist/
 docs/_build/
-treeherder/config/settings_local.py
 treeherder/media/
 treeherder/static/
 treeherder/webapp/log_cache/
diff --git a/docs/pulseload.rst b/docs/pulseload.rst
index a9ada86e8..70b78c3fa 100644
--- a/docs/pulseload.rst
+++ b/docs/pulseload.rst
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ posting your own data.
 Configuration
 -------------
 
-To specify the exchanges to read from, you can set environment variables in
-Vagrant, or in your ``config/settings_local.py`` file.  For example::
+Specify the exchanges to read from using environment variables. For example::
 
     PULSE_DATA_INGESTION_SOURCES = [
         {
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/vagrant.pp b/puppet/manifests/vagrant.pp
index 63b1794d1..9f333ffd1 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/vagrant.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/vagrant.pp
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ file {"/etc/profile.d/treeherder.sh":
     target => "${PROJ_DIR}/puppet/files/treeherder/env.sh",
 }
 
-file {"${PROJ_DIR}/treeherder/config/settings_local.py":
-     replace => "no",
-     source => "${PROJ_DIR}/treeherder/config/settings_local.example.py",
-}
-
 class vagrant {
     class {
         init: before => Class["mysql"];
diff --git a/treeherder/config/settings.py b/treeherder/config/settings.py
index d9f0921fb..c27ff8e73 100644
--- a/treeherder/config/settings.py
+++ b/treeherder/config/settings.py
@@ -453,8 +453,6 @@ PULSE_EXCHANGE_NAMESPACE = env("PULSE_EXCHANGE_NAMESPACE", default=None)
 
 # Specifies the Pulse exchanges Treeherder will ingest data from.  This list
 # will be updated as new applications come online that Treeherder supports.
-# Can be overridden in settings_local.py to specify fewer or completely different
-# exchanges for testing purposes on local machines.
 # Treeherder will subscribe with routing keys that are all combinations of
 # ``project`` and ``destination`` in the form of:
 #     <destination>.<project>
@@ -528,19 +526,6 @@ PULSE_DATA_INGESTION_QUEUES_AUTO_DELETE = False
 GITHUB_CLIENT_ID = env("GITHUB_CLIENT_ID", default=None)
 GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET = env("GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET", default=None)
 
-# The git-ignored settings_local.py file should only be used for local development.
-if env.bool("ENABLE_LOCAL_SETTINGS_FILE", default=False):
-    # Note: All the configs below this import will take precedence over what is
-    # defined in settings_local.py!
-    try:
-        assert "update" not in globals()
-        from .settings_local import *
-        if "update" in globals():
-            update(globals())
-            del globals()['update']
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 
 # The database config is defined using environment variables of form:
diff --git a/treeherder/config/settings_local.example.py b/treeherder/config/settings_local.example.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ac3b2b09..000000000
--- a/treeherder/config/settings_local.example.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Switch to using a different bugzilla instance
-BZ_API_URL = "https://bugzilla-dev.allizom.org"
-