diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 549e00a2a96fa9d7c5dbc9859664a78d980158c2..f19d3e8b6dedbbd7bb5dba5aab44055372570efd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ build/
 
 ### VS Code ###
 .vscode/
+/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/simpl/usersroles/configurations/ClientConfig.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/simpl/usersroles/configurations/ClientConfig.java
index 101d7c4c597468bdbd55adcad420edeab3612698..a3531c0de9676e610dab0432f55465e506e4d9d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/simpl/usersroles/configurations/ClientConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/simpl/usersroles/configurations/ClientConfig.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class ClientConfig {
                 KeyPairExchange.class);
     }
 
-    private <E> E buildExchange(URI baseurl, RestClient.Builder restClientBuilder, Class<E> clazz) {
+    private static <E> E buildExchange(URI baseurl, RestClient.Builder restClientBuilder, Class<E> clazz) {
         var restClient = restClientBuilder
                 .baseUrl(baseurl)
                 .requestFactory(new JdkClientHttpRequestFactory())
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-local.yml b/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6641832697459c8a19bb60f90734635f57f5b46c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-spring:
-  datasource:
-    url: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/usersroles
-    username: usersroles
-    password: usersroles
-  jpa:
-    properties:
-      hibernate:
-        generate_statistics: false
-        format_sql: true
-
-logging:
-  config: classpath:log4j2-local.xml
-
-keycloak:
-  url: http://localhost:9010/auth
-  master:
-    user: user
-    password: admin
-  app:
-    realm: participant
-    client-id: frontend-cli
-  client-to-realm-role-migration:
-    enabled: false # Set to true to import realm roles from client roles
-    client-ids: [ "frontend-cli"]
-client:
-  authority:
-    url: https://tls.authority.aruba-simpl.cloud
-
-server:
-  port: 8081
-
-microservice:
-  identity-provider:
-    url: http://localhost:8081
-  authentication-provider:
-    url: http://localhost:8085