diff --git a/mediathread/settings_production.py b/mediathread/settings_production.py
index 75a27e40a..ac62ddb1f 100644
--- a/mediathread/settings_production.py
+++ b/mediathread/settings_production.py
@@ -14,17 +14,6 @@
     ('/sitemedia', '/var/www/mediathread/mediathread/sitemedia'),
 )
 
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
-        'NAME': 'mediathread',
-        'HOST': '',
-        'PORT': 6432,  # see /etc/pgbouncer/pgbouncer.ini
-        'USER': '',
-        'PASSWORD': '',
-    }
-}
-
 COMPRESS_ROOT = "/var/www/mediathread/mediathread/media/"
 DEBUG = False
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
diff --git a/mediathread/settings_staging.py b/mediathread/settings_staging.py
index 9b71b252f..8ca8dbc57 100644
--- a/mediathread/settings_staging.py
+++ b/mediathread/settings_staging.py
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@
     ('/sitemedia', '/var/www/mediathread/mediathread/sitemedia'),
 )
 
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
-        'NAME': 'mediathread',
-        'HOST': '',
-        'PORT': 6432,  # see /etc/pgbouncer/pgbouncer.ini
-        'USER': '',
-        'PASSWORD': '',
-    }
-}
-
 COMPRESS_ROOT = "/var/www/mediathread/mediathread/media/"
 DEBUG = False
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG