diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d8bbf88..60c6828 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -82,14 +82,6 @@ jobs:
             FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
             DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr
             FLASK_DEBUG: 1
-            POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-            POSTGRES_DB: myUsr
-            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somePwd
-            POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
-
-
-      
-
       # run tests!
       # this example uses Django's built-in test-runner
       # other common Python testing frameworks include pytest and nose
@@ -103,12 +95,8 @@ jobs:
           environment:
             CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
             FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
-            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr
             FLASK_DEBUG: 1
-            POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-            POSTGRES_DB: myUsr
-            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somePwd
-            POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr
 
       - save_cache:
           paths: