diff --git a/development/development.sh b/development/development.sh
index afd7c2d..fc51a7b 100755
--- a/development/development.sh
+++ b/development/development.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ mv ./static/pathfinder/environment.ini ./static/pathfinder/environment.productio
 cp ./development/docker-compose.development.yml ./docker-compose.yml
 cp ./development/Dockerfile.development ./Dockerfile
 cp ./development/environment.development.ini ./static/pathfinder/environment.ini
+cp ./development/php.development.ini ./static/php/php.ini
+cp ./development/xdebug.ini ./static/php/xdebug.ini
 
 # set up launch file for vscode
 mkdir -p .vscode && cp ./development/launch.json ./.vscode/launch.json
diff --git a/static/php/php.ini b/static/php/php.ini
index 5919688..0b403a3 100755
--- a/static/php/php.ini
+++ b/static/php/php.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ fastcgi.logging=0
 request_terminate_timeout = 300
 session.save_handler = redis
 session.save_path = "tcp://${CONTAINER_NAME}-redis:6379"
-zend_extension=/usr/lib/php7/modules/xdebug.so
 [Date]
 date.timezone="UTC"
 
diff --git a/static/php/xdebug.ini b/static/php/xdebug.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ba0f3c..0000000
--- a/static/php/xdebug.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-zend_extension=xdebug
-
-[xdebug]
-xdebug.mode=develop,debug
-xdebug.default_enable=1
-xdebug.remote_enable=1
-xdebug.remote_port=9000
-xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
-xdebug.remote_connect_back=0
-xdebug.remote_host=host.docker.internal
-xdebug.idekey=VSCODE
-xdebug.remote_autostart=1
-xdebug.start_with_request=yes
-xdebug.log=/tmp/xdebug.log
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