diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 6d5ce0c..909a9d9 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -15,20 +15,7 @@ Options:
                            deploy branch.
   -n, --no-hash            Don't append the source commit's hash to the deploy
                            commit's message.
-  -c, --config-file PATH   Override default & environment variables' values
-                           with those in set in the file at 'PATH'. Must be the
-                           first option specified.
-
-Variables:
-
-  GIT_DEPLOY_DIR      Folder path containing the files to deploy.
-  GIT_DEPLOY_BRANCH   Commit deployable files to this branch.
-  GIT_DEPLOY_REPO     Push the deploy branch to this repository.
-
-These variables have default values defined in the script. The defaults can be
-overridden by environment variables. Any environment variables are overridden
-by values set in a '.env' file (if it exists), and in turn by those set in a
-file specified by the '--config-file' option."
+"
 
 bundle exec middleman build --clean
 
@@ -38,12 +25,6 @@ parse_args() {
     source .env
   fi
 
-  # Set args from file specified on the command-line.
-  if [[ $1 = "-c" || $1 = "--config-file" ]]; then
-    source "$2"
-    shift 2
-  fi
-
   # Parse arg flags
   # If something is exposed as an environment variable, set/overwrite it
   # here. Otherwise, set/overwrite the internal variable instead.
@@ -98,24 +79,24 @@ main() {
 
   commit_title=`git log -n 1 --format="%s" HEAD`
   commit_hash=` git log -n 1 --format="%H" HEAD`
-  
+
   #default commit message uses last title if a custom one is not supplied
   if [[ -z $commit_message ]]; then
     commit_message="publish: $commit_title"
   fi
-  
+
   #append hash to commit message unless no hash flag was found
   if [ $append_hash = true ]; then
     commit_message="$commit_message"$'\n\n'"generated from commit $commit_hash"
   fi
-    
+
   previous_branch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
 
   if [ ! -d "$deploy_directory" ]; then
     echo "Deploy directory '$deploy_directory' does not exist. Aborting." >&2
     return 1
   fi
-  
+
   # must use short form of flag in ls for compatibility with OS X and BSD
   if [[ -z `ls -A "$deploy_directory" 2> /dev/null` && -z $allow_empty ]]; then
     echo "Deploy directory '$deploy_directory' is empty. Aborting. If you're sure you want to deploy an empty tree, use the --allow-empty / -e flag." >&2
@@ -124,7 +105,7 @@ main() {
 
   if git ls-remote --exit-code $repo "refs/heads/$deploy_branch" ; then
     # deploy_branch exists in $repo; make sure we have the latest version
-    
+
     disable_expanded_output
     git fetch --force $repo $deploy_branch:$deploy_branch
     enable_expanded_output
@@ -207,7 +188,7 @@ restore_head() {
   else
     git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/$previous_branch
   fi
-  
+
   git reset --mixed
 }
 
@@ -219,4 +200,4 @@ sanitize() {
   "$@" 2> >(filter 1>&2) | filter
 }
 
-[[ $1 = --source-only ]] || main "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+[[ $1 = --source-only ]] || main "$@"