diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9be70be..ff72b5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-state/last-name
+state
diff --git a/devc.sh b/devc.sh
index 0296a32..74e2309 100755
--- a/devc.sh
+++ b/devc.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ script_dir="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
 # Get container registry from DEVC_REGISTRY env variable.
 if [ -n "${DEVC_REGISTRY:-}" ]; then
   registry="$DEVC_REGISTRY"
-  echo "$registry" >"$script_dir/state/registry"
 else
   log "registry unknown; set the DEVC_REGISTRY environment variable" 'x' 31
   exit 1
diff --git a/state/last-args b/state/last-args
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/state/last-args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/state/last-name b/state/last-name
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f5feb8..0000000
--- a/state/last-name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-kube
diff --git a/state/registry b/state/registry
deleted file mode 100644
index 367edf5..0000000
--- a/state/registry
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-github.com/job79