diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 169f99921..0f47b05c9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ Languages & Frameworks -> Flutter -> Flutter SDK path and set  the path to the F
 (`<path to the studyu repository>/.fvm/flutter_sdk`). For VS Code, have a look at
 the [FVM documentation](https://fvm.app/documentation/guides/vscode).
 
+Using FVM with melos requires setting the `MELOS_SDK_PATH` environment variable to the path of the
+FVM Flutter SDK. This can be done by running `export MELOS_SDK_PATH=.fvm/flutter_sdk` in the
+terminal. This is needed to ensure that melos uses the correct Flutter SDK version.
+
 ## Database and Backend
 
 We are using a self-hosted instance of [Supabase](https://supabase.com/) as a
diff --git a/melos.yaml b/melos.yaml
index 9132358c8..1fc5e8a91 100644
--- a/melos.yaml
+++ b/melos.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 name: studyu
 repository: https://github.com/hpi-studyu/studyu
-sdkPath: .fvm/flutter_sdk
 
 packages:
   - app