diff --git a/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py b/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py
index 524793a0..f7660f99 100644
--- a/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py
+++ b/memberportal/membermatters/settings.py
@@ -153,20 +153,6 @@
             "PORT": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_PORT", "5432"),
         }
     }
-elif "MMDB_SECRET" in os.environ:
-    # This is a JSON blob containing the database connection details, generated by "copilot" in an AWS deployment
-    # Fields in this JSON blob are: {username, host, dbname, password, port}
-    database_config = json.loads(os.environ["MMDB_SECRET"])
-    DATABASES = {
-        "default": {
-            "ENGINE": "django_prometheus.db.backends.mysql",
-            "NAME": database_config.get("dbname"),
-            "USER": database_config.get("username"),
-            "PASSWORD": database_config.get("password"),
-            "HOST": database_config.get("host"),
-            "PORT": database_config.get("port"),
-        }
-    }
 else:
     DATABASES = {
         "default": {