diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 22bf8d74..53fe42ab 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -25,16 +25,7 @@ TEMPERATURE=1
 USE_AZURE=False
 
 ### AZURE
-# OPENAI_AZURE_API_BASE - OpenAI API base URL for Azure (Example: https://my-azure-openai-url.com)
-# OPENAI_AZURE_API_VERSION - OpenAI API version for Azure (Example: v1)
-# OPENAI_AZURE_DEPLOYMENT_ID - OpenAI deployment ID for Azure (Example: my-deployment-id)
-# OPENAI_AZURE_CHAT_DEPLOYMENT_ID - OpenAI deployment ID for Azure Chat (Example: my-deployment-id-for-azure-chat)
-# OPENAI_AZURE_EMBEDDINGS_DEPLOYMENT_ID - OpenAI deployment ID for Embedding (Example: my-deployment-id-for-azure-embeddigs)
-OPENAI_AZURE_API_BASE=your-base-url-for-azure
-OPENAI_AZURE_API_VERSION=api-version-for-azure
-OPENAI_AZURE_DEPLOYMENT_ID=deployment-id-for-azure
-OPENAI_AZURE_CHAT_DEPLOYMENT_ID=deployment-id-for-azure-chat
-OPENAI_AZURE_EMBEDDINGS_DEPLOYMENT_ID=deployment-id-for-azure-embeddigs
+# cleanup azure env as already moved to `azure.yaml.template`
 
 ################################################################################
 ### LLM MODELS
diff --git a/autogpt/config/config.py b/autogpt/config/config.py
index 46764b9c..a51f4d20 100644
--- a/autogpt/config/config.py
+++ b/autogpt/config/config.py
@@ -127,15 +127,9 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
                 config_params = yaml.load(file, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
         except FileNotFoundError:
             config_params = {}
-        self.openai_api_type = os.getenv(
-            "OPENAI_API_TYPE", config_params.get("azure_api_type", "azure")
-        )
-        self.openai_api_base = os.getenv(
-            "OPENAI_AZURE_API_BASE", config_params.get("azure_api_base", "")
-        )
-        self.openai_api_version = os.getenv(
-            "OPENAI_AZURE_API_VERSION", config_params.get("azure_api_version", "")
-        )
+        self.openai_api_type = config_params.get("azure_api_type") or "azure"
+        self.openai_api_base = config_params.get("azure_api_base") or ""
+        self.openai_api_version = config_params.get("azure_api_version") or "2023-03-15-preview"
         self.azure_model_to_deployment_id_map = config_params.get("azure_model_map", [])
 
     def set_continuous_mode(self, value: bool) -> None: