diff --git a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/README.md b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/README.md
index 1788d48d83..eef1937add 100644
--- a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/README.md
+++ b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/README.md
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ If you are using Azure OpenAI then follow these steps:
         AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT: ${{SECRET_AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT}}
 ```
 
-- Open `./infra/azure.bicep` and comment out lines 72-75 and uncomment lines 76-83.
-- Open `./infra/azure.parameters.json` and replace lines 20-22 with:
+- Open `./infra/azure.bicep` and comment out lines of 'OPENAI_KEY' section and uncomment lines of 'AZURE_OPENAI_KEY' and 'AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT' sections.
+- Open `./infra/azure.parameters.json` and replace lines of "openAIKey" section with:
 
 ```json
       "azureOpenAIKey": {
diff --git a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/package.json b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/package.json
index e4fbcd1586..57b988b628 100644
--- a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/package.json
+++ b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         "@microsoft/teams-ai": "~1.7.2",
         "@microsoft/teams-js": "^2.32.0",
         "botbuilder": "^4.23.1",
-        "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
         "openai": "4.77.4",
         "replace": "~1.2.0",
         "restify": "~11.1.0",
diff --git a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/src/index.ts b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/src/index.ts
index d6e5783c32..3da0ef8ff3 100644
--- a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/src/index.ts
+++ b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 // Import required packages
-import { config } from 'dotenv';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as restify from 'restify';
 
@@ -11,22 +10,18 @@ import * as restify from 'restify';
 import { ConfigurationServiceClientCredentialFactory, MemoryStorage, TurnContext } from 'botbuilder';
 
 import {
+    ActionPlanner,
     AI,
     Application,
-    ActionPlanner,
     OpenAIModel,
     PromptManager,
-    TurnState,
-    TeamsAdapter
+    TeamsAdapter,
+    TurnState
 } from '@microsoft/teams-ai';
 
 import { addResponseFormatter } from './responseFormatter';
 import { VectraDataSource } from './VectraDataSource';
 
-// Read botFilePath and botFileSecret from .env file.
-const ENV_FILE = path.join(__dirname, '..', '.env');
-config({ path: ENV_FILE });
-
 // Create adapter.
 // See https://aka.ms/about-bot-adapter to learn more about how bots work.
 const adapter = new TeamsAdapter(
diff --git a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/teamsapp.local.yml b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/teamsapp.local.yml
index 71f1d5a54b..8bf56bc201 100644
--- a/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/teamsapp.local.yml
+++ b/js/samples/04.ai-apps/a.teamsChefBot/teamsapp.local.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ deploy:
     # Provides the Teams Toolkit .env file values to the apps runtime so they can be accessed with `process.env`.
     - uses: file/createOrUpdateEnvironmentFile
       with:
-          target: ./.env
+          target: ./.localConfigs
           envs:
               BOT_ID: ${{BOT_ID}}
               BOT_PASSWORD: ${{SECRET_BOT_PASSWORD}}