diff --git a/test/docker_mail/templates/docker-compose.yml b/test/docker_mail/templates/docker-compose.yml
index 2e49c8d167e7f0c20a7797af2fd6e3974853abda..7833da89a5e7507b8611f6b812bca76fc2b5c549 100644
--- a/test/docker_mail/templates/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/test/docker_mail/templates/docker-compose.yml
@@ -179,16 +179,6 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - front
 
-  #db:
-  #  image: mariadb:10.5
-  #  command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
-  #  volumes:
-  #    - "{{ basedir }}/db:/var/lib/mysql"
-  #  environment:
-  #    - MYSQL_DATABASE=mailudb
-  #    - MYSQL_USER=mailu
-  #    - MYSQL_PASSWORD={{ mailu_db_pass }}
-  #    - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD={{ mysql_root_pass }}
 
   # Additional Services: mailman
   mailman-core:
diff --git a/test/docker_mail/templates/mailu.env b/test/docker_mail/templates/mailu.env
index c985f9014795fe8962812f479add84b96819b150..ef02d048432e0da4f5397ef92e280884a6a7fe3f 100644
--- a/test/docker_mail/templates/mailu.env
+++ b/test/docker_mail/templates/mailu.env
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ INITIAL_ADMIN_DOMAIN={{ domain }}
 INITIAL_ADMIN_PW={{ mailu_admin_pass }}
 INITIAL_ADMIN_MODE=ifmissing
 
-# Database Settings
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=mysql://mailu:{{ mailu_db_pass }}@db/mailudb?charset=utf8mb4
-
 ###################################
 # Common configuration variables
 ###################################