diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38ad6b9..4c00f76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@ Test-Magazin/
 
 # local todo list
 TODO.md
+
+# local experiments; two files here once held key-like literals
+scratch/test_openai.py
+scratch/test_google_imagen.py
diff --git a/scratch/test_google_imagen.py b/scratch/test_google_imagen.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cbfbe66..0000000
--- a/scratch/test_google_imagen.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import requests
-import json
-import base64
-
-API_KEY = "AIzaSyD6aidNxIhr2SKgauZ9zea_FynuCo2DyDo"
-url = f"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions"
-
-payload = {
-    "model": "gemini-3.1-flash-image",
-    "input": [{"type": "user_input", "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "A beautiful square headshot portrait of Karyla. Style: painterly game concept art."}]}],
-    "response_modalities": ["image"]
-}
-headers = {'x-goog-api-key': API_KEY, 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
-
-response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
-print(response.status_code)
-if response.ok:
-    print("Success! Got image")
-else:
-    print(response.text[:500])
diff --git a/scratch/test_openai.py b/scratch/test_openai.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 103f51d..0000000
--- a/scratch/test_openai.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import requests
-import json
-
-API_KEY = "sk-proj-jVzNl_bM-oRpR_W1F-W5bLwXQ4e38nS3pQf4eY6k2M6tX-TZA9YmH4lF" # From settings.json wait, I don't know the full key. I'll read it from settings.json
-with open("config/settings.json") as f:
-    settings = json.load(f)
-    api_key = settings.get("engine_api_keys", {}).get("openai_image")
-
-url = "https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations"
-
-payload = {
-    "model": "dall-e-3",
-    "prompt": "A beautiful square headshot portrait of Karyla. Style: painterly game concept art.",
-    "n": 1,
-    "size": "1024x1024"
-}
-headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
-
-response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
-print(response.status_code)
-if response.ok:
-    print("Success! OpenAI generated image.")
-else:
-    print(response.text[:500])