diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.story.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.story.tsx
index be26aef7b78ba..92698e3b1871c 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.story.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.story.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ export const AllowSkipOnTimeout = () => (
 export const AllowOverwrite = () => (
   <CreateDatabaseDialog
     {...props}
-    attempt={{ status: 'failed', statusText: dbWithoutDbServerExistsErrorMsg }}
+    attempt={{
+      status: 'failed',
+      statusText: `A database with the name "some-name" ${dbWithoutDbServerExistsErrorMsg}. \
+          You can overwrite it, or use a different name and retry.`,
+    }}
   />
 );
 
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.tsx
index 3eea195d8c083..c5de2390ff7e2 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/CreateDatabaseDialog.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ export function CreateDatabaseDialog({
      * Most likely cause of timeout is when we found a matching db_service
      * but no db_server heartbeats. Most likely cause is because db_service
      * has been stopped but is not removed from teleport yet (there is some
-     * minutes delay on expiry)
+     * minutes delay on expiry).
+     *
+     * We allow the user to proceed to the next step to re-deploy (replace)
+     * the db_service that has been stopped.
      */
     if (attempt.statusText === timeoutErrorMsg) {
       content = <SuccessContent dbName={dbName} onClick={onTimeout} />;
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/useCreateDatabase.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/useCreateDatabase.ts
index 45e9f7a33b9e0..a9ac3e6499c11 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/useCreateDatabase.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/CreateDatabase/useCreateDatabase.ts
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ export function useCreateDatabase() {
 
     if (overwriteDb) {
       try {
-        await ctx.databaseService.updateDatabase(clusterId, {
-          kind: 'overwrite-update',
-          dbOverwrite: db,
+        await ctx.databaseService.createDatabase(clusterId, {
+          ...db,
+          overwrite: true,
         });
         setCreatedDb(db);
       } catch (err) {
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ export function useCreateDatabase() {
     else if (requiresDbUpdate(db)) {
       try {
         await ctx.databaseService.updateDatabase(clusterId, {
-          kind: 'partial-update',
           ...db,
         });
         setCreatedDb(db);
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/MutualTls/useMutualTls.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/MutualTls/useMutualTls.ts
index 868b745733e5a..6aa6bcc2631cd 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/MutualTls/useMutualTls.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Discover/Database/MutualTls/useMutualTls.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ export function useMutualTls({ ctx, props }: Props) {
     run(() =>
       ctx.databaseService
         .updateDatabase(clusterId, {
-          kind: 'partial-update',
           name: meta.db.name,
           caCert,
         })
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/databases.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/databases.ts
index 9b5c4ca2d1255..4fa028a5b2f5f 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/databases.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/databases.ts
@@ -77,13 +77,7 @@ class DatabaseService {
     req: UpdateDatabaseRequest
   ): Promise<Database> {
     return api
-      .put(
-        cfg.getDatabaseUrl(
-          clusterId,
-          req.kind === 'overwrite-update' ? req.dbOverwrite?.name : req.name
-        ),
-        req
-      )
+      .put(cfg.getDatabaseUrl(clusterId, req.name), req)
       .then(makeDatabase);
   }
 
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/types.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/types.ts
index fc7bafeee34d0..6630646f9e4e4 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/types.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/databases/types.ts
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ export type DatabasesResponse = {
   totalCount?: number;
 };
 
-export type UpdateDatabaseRequest =
-  | (Omit<Partial<CreateDatabaseRequest>, 'protocol'> & {
-      kind: 'partial-update';
-      caCert?: string;
-    })
-  | { kind: 'overwrite-update'; dbOverwrite: CreateDatabaseRequest };
+export type UpdateDatabaseRequest = Omit<
+  Partial<CreateDatabaseRequest>,
+  'protocol'
+> & {
+  caCert?: string;
+};
 
 export type CreateDatabaseRequest = {
   name: string;
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export type CreateDatabaseRequest = {
   awsRds?: AwsRdsDatabase;
   awsRegion?: Regions;
   awsVpcId?: string;
+  overwrite?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type DatabaseIamPolicyResponse = {