diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1b2dbb0..7ea2d85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate
         run: |
           cd infrastructure
-          mv backend.production.tf backend.tf && rm backend.staging.tf
-          terraform init
+          terraform init -backend-config="bucket=recon-magic-framework-backend"
           terraform validate
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
@@ -117,8 +116,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy
         run: |
           cd infrastructure
-          mv backend.production.tf backend.tf && rm backend.staging.tf
-          terraform init
+          terraform init -backend-config="bucket=recon-magic-framework-backend"
           terraform apply -auto-approve
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
diff --git a/infrastructure/backend.production.tf b/infrastructure/backend.production.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index c083c38..0000000
--- a/infrastructure/backend.production.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-terraform {
-  backend "s3" {
-    bucket = "recon-magic-framework-backend"
-    key    = "terraform.tfstate"
-    region = "us-east-1"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/infrastructure/backend.staging.tf b/infrastructure/backend.staging.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bb0ebf..0000000
--- a/infrastructure/backend.staging.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-terraform {
-  backend "s3" {
-    bucket = "staging-recon-magic-framework"
-    key    = "terraform.tfstate"
-    region = "us-east-1"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/infrastructure/backend.tf b/infrastructure/backend.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36ce552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/backend.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+terraform {
+  backend "s3" {
+    # Backend configuration will be provided via -backend-config flags
+    # during terraform init to support multiple environments
+    key    = "terraform.tfstate"
+    region = "us-east-1"
+  }
+}