diff --git a/horreum-backend/pom.xml b/horreum-backend/pom.xml
index f53885771..37d20bbe7 100644
--- a/horreum-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/horreum-backend/pom.xml
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-postgresql</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-reactive-pg-client</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-rest-jackson</artifactId>
diff --git a/horreum-backend/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/horreum/ReactiveUrlConfigSourceFactory.java b/horreum-backend/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/horreum/ReactiveUrlConfigSourceFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 781890fd7..000000000
--- a/horreum-backend/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/horreum/ReactiveUrlConfigSourceFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package io.hyperfoil.tools.horreum;
-
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.ConfigSource;
-
-import io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceContext;
-import io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceFactory;
-import io.smallrye.config.ConfigValue;
-import io.smallrye.config.PropertiesConfigSource;
-
-public class ReactiveUrlConfigSourceFactory implements ConfigSourceFactory {
-    private static final String QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL = "quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url";
-    private static final String QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_REACTIVE_URL = "quarkus.datasource.reactive.url";
-
-    @Override
-    public Iterable<ConfigSource> getConfigSources(ConfigSourceContext context) {
-        ConfigValue value = context.getValue(QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL);
-        if (value == null || value.getValue() == null) {
-            return Collections.emptyList();
-        }
-        String url = value.getValue();
-        if (url.startsWith("jdbc:")) {
-            url = url.substring(5);
-        }
-        return Collections.singleton(new PropertiesConfigSource(Map.of(QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_REACTIVE_URL, url), "horreum", 275));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/horreum-backend/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceFactory b/horreum-backend/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceFactory
deleted file mode 100644
index eaa9300ea..000000000
--- a/horreum-backend/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceFactory
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-io.hyperfoil.tools.horreum.ReactiveUrlConfigSourceFactory
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/horreum-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/horreum-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b736827d2..50446ee98 100644
--- a/horreum-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/horreum-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 ## Datasource managed by the app
 # using my docker0 IP
 
-# disable the default reactive datasource
-quarkus.datasource.reactive=false
-quarkus.datasource.migration.reactive=false
-# disable the reactive JDBC datasource
-quarkus.datasource.react.jdbc=false
-quarkus.datasource.migration.react.jdbc=false
-
 # disable elasticsearch healthcheck
 quarkus.elasticsearch.health.enabled=false