diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 2dae3eb..fc74dcd 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
-.git
-.github
-.idea
-.vscode
-
-# The previous Next.js application is intentionally outside this build.
-legacy-nextjs
-
 node_modules
-vendor
+.next
+generated
+.git
+.gitea
 .env
 .env.*
 !.env.example
-storage/logs/*
-storage/framework/cache/data/*
-storage/framework/sessions/*
-storage/framework/views/*
-bootstrap/cache/*.php
-public/build
-docker-compose*.yml
-docker-compose*.yaml
-*.log
-tests
+!.env.local.example
+test-results
+playwright-report
+blob-report
+playwright/.cache
+coverage
 e2e
 docs
-templates
+*.md
+.vscode
+.idea
+.DS_Store
+npm-debug.log*
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index e3e82cd..9546af7 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ APP_NAME=NextChair
 APP_ENV=local
 APP_KEY=
 APP_DEBUG=true
-APP_URL=http://localhost:8085
+APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
 APP_DEFAULT_BUSINESS_SLUG=
 
 APP_LOCALE=en
@@ -22,16 +22,11 @@ LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
 LOG_LEVEL=debug
 
 DB_CONNECTION=mysql
-DB_HOST=db
+DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_DATABASE=nextchair
-DB_USERNAME=nextchair
-DB_PASSWORD=change-me
-DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=change-me-root
-
-# Docker publishes Nginx on this local bind address by default.
-NEXTCHAIR_HTTP_BIND=127.0.0.1
-NEXTCHAIR_HTTP_PORT=8085
+DB_USERNAME=root
+DB_PASSWORD=
 
 SESSION_DRIVER=database
 SESSION_LIFETIME=120
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 18b999c..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-
-FROM node:22-bookworm-slim AS frontend
-
-WORKDIR /var/www/html
-
-COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm ci
-
-COPY resources ./resources
-COPY public ./public
-COPY vite.config.js .
-
-RUN npm run build
-
-
-FROM composer:2 AS composer
-
-
-FROM php:8.4-fpm-bookworm AS app
-
-ENV COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 \
-    PHP_OPCACHE_VALIDATE_TIMESTAMPS=0
-
-WORKDIR /var/www/html
-
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        gosu \
-        libfreetype6-dev \
-        libicu-dev \
-        libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
-        libonig-dev \
-        libpng-dev \
-        libxml2-dev \
-        libzip-dev \
-        unzip \
-    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
-    && docker-php-ext-install -j"$(nproc)" \
-        bcmath \
-        exif \
-        gd \
-        intl \
-        mbstring \
-        opcache \
-        pcntl \
-        pdo_mysql \
-        xml \
-        zip \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY --from=composer /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
-
-COPY . .
-COPY --from=frontend /var/www/html/public/build ./public/build
-
-RUN composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction --prefer-dist \
-    && mkdir -p \
-        storage/framework/cache/data \
-        storage/framework/sessions \
-        storage/framework/views \
-        storage/logs \
-        bootstrap/cache \
-    && chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache \
-    && chmod -R ug+rwX storage bootstrap/cache
-
-COPY docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/nextchair-entrypoint
-RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nextchair-entrypoint
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/nextchair-entrypoint"]
-CMD ["php-fpm", "-F"]
-
-
-FROM nginx:1.27-alpine AS nginx
-
-WORKDIR /var/www/html
-
-COPY public ./public
-COPY --from=frontend /var/www/html/public/build ./public/build
-COPY docker/nginx/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-
-RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html/storage/app/public \
-    && ln -s /var/www/html/storage/app/public /var/www/html/public/storage
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bdfbc33..78dd201 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ The application is being rebuilt as a conventional Laravel web application
 using PHP, MySQL, Blade, Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, and Vite.
 
 The audited Next.js implementation is preserved in [`legacy-nextjs`](legacy-nextjs)
-as the functional and visual migration reference. The Laravel application has
-its own deployment-neutral Docker option at the repository root; files inside
-`legacy-nextjs` are not used by it.
+as the functional and visual migration reference. Deployment-specific files
+from the previous implementation are retained there for reference only; the
+Laravel application does not manage Docker, Caddy, Nginx, or server
+provisioning.
 
 ## Local development
 
@@ -25,51 +26,6 @@ application resolves a business from the request hostname through the
 `business_domains` table. Local development can use a configured local domain
 or the `APP_DEFAULT_BUSINESS_SLUG` fallback.
 
-## Docker deployment
-
-The root `compose.yaml` runs Laravel with PHP 8.4 FPM, Nginx, MySQL 8,
-the database-backed queue worker, and the scheduler. It does not include or
-configure Caddy; an existing reverse proxy can forward traffic to Nginx on
-`127.0.0.1:8085`.
-
-First run:
-
-```bash
-cp .env.example .env
-```
-
-Set private values in `.env`, including:
-
-```dotenv
-APP_URL=http://localhost:8085
-APP_KEY=
-DB_HOST=db
-DB_DATABASE=nextchair
-DB_USERNAME=nextchair
-DB_PASSWORD=replace-with-a-private-password
-DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=replace-with-a-private-root-password
-```
-
-Then build and start the stack:
-
-```bash
-docker compose build
-docker compose up -d
-docker compose exec app php artisan key:generate
-docker compose exec app php artisan migrate
-```
-
-Migrations are intentionally not run by container startup. To inspect the
-application logs:
-
-```bash
-docker compose logs -f app nginx queue scheduler db
-```
-
-The default host binding is `127.0.0.1:8085:80`. Override it with
-`NEXTCHAIR_HTTP_BIND` and `NEXTCHAIR_HTTP_PORT` in `.env` when needed. MySQL
-has no published host port and is reachable only as `db:3306` inside Compose.
-
 ## Verification
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index da96f36..0000000
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  app:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      target: app
-    image: nextchair-laravel:latest
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    environment:
-      APP_ENV: ${APP_ENV:-production}
-      APP_DEBUG: ${APP_DEBUG:-false}
-      APP_URL: ${APP_URL:-http://localhost:8085}
-      DB_CONNECTION: mysql
-      DB_HOST: db
-      DB_PORT: 3306
-      DB_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE:-nextchair}
-      DB_USERNAME: ${DB_USERNAME:-nextchair}
-      DB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:?Set DB_PASSWORD in .env}
-    depends_on:
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    volumes:
-      - nextchair_storage:/var/www/html/storage
-
-  nginx:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      target: nginx
-    image: nextchair-nginx:latest
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    depends_on:
-      - app
-    ports:
-      - "${NEXTCHAIR_HTTP_BIND:-127.0.0.1}:${NEXTCHAIR_HTTP_PORT:-8085}:80"
-    volumes:
-      - nextchair_storage:/var/www/html/storage:ro
-
-  db:
-    image: mysql:8.4
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE:-nextchair}
-      MYSQL_USER: ${DB_USERNAME:-nextchair}
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:?Set DB_PASSWORD in .env}
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD:?Set DB_ROOT_PASSWORD in .env}
-    volumes:
-      - nextchair_mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "mysqladmin ping -h localhost -u root -p$$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD --silent"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 20
-      start_period: 20s
-
-  queue:
-    image: nextchair-laravel:latest
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    environment:
-      APP_ENV: ${APP_ENV:-production}
-      APP_DEBUG: ${APP_DEBUG:-false}
-      DB_CONNECTION: mysql
-      DB_HOST: db
-      DB_PORT: 3306
-      DB_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE:-nextchair}
-      DB_USERNAME: ${DB_USERNAME:-nextchair}
-      DB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:?Set DB_PASSWORD in .env}
-    command: ["php", "artisan", "queue:work", "--sleep=3", "--tries=3", "--timeout=90"]
-    depends_on:
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    volumes:
-      - nextchair_storage:/var/www/html/storage
-
-  scheduler:
-    image: nextchair-laravel:latest
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    environment:
-      APP_ENV: ${APP_ENV:-production}
-      APP_DEBUG: ${APP_DEBUG:-false}
-      DB_CONNECTION: mysql
-      DB_HOST: db
-      DB_PORT: 3306
-      DB_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE:-nextchair}
-      DB_USERNAME: ${DB_USERNAME:-nextchair}
-      DB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:?Set DB_PASSWORD in .env}
-    command: ["php", "artisan", "schedule:work"]
-    depends_on:
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    volumes:
-      - nextchair_storage:/var/www/html/storage
-
-volumes:
-  nextchair_mysql_data:
-  nextchair_storage:
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 78141b7..0000000
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -eu
-
-cd /var/www/html
-
-mkdir -p \
-    storage/framework/cache/data \
-    storage/framework/sessions \
-    storage/framework/views \
-    storage/logs \
-    bootstrap/cache
-
-chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache
-chmod -R ug+rwX storage bootstrap/cache
-
-# This is safe to run on every start and does not perform migrations.
-php artisan storage:link --force >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-
-if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
-    exec gosu www-data "$@"
-fi
-
-exec "$@"
diff --git a/docker/nginx/default.conf b/docker/nginx/default.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index a564b6e..0000000
--- a/docker/nginx/default.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-server {
-    listen 80;
-    listen [::]:80;
-    server_name _;
-
-    root /var/www/html/public;
-    index index.php;
-
-    location / {
-        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
-    }
-
-    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
-    location = /robots.txt { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
-
-    location ~ \.php$ {
-        try_files $uri =404;
-        include fastcgi_params;
-        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/html/public$fastcgi_script_name;
-        fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT /var/www/html/public;
-        fastcgi_pass app:9000;
-        fastcgi_read_timeout 90s;
-    }
-
-    location ~ /\. { deny all; }
-}