diff --git a/app/startup.sh b/app/startup.sh
index 360e101..0d6a64d 100755
--- a/app/startup.sh
+++ b/app/startup.sh
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@ SRC_REPO=https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss.git
 
 [ -e $DST_DIR ] && rm -f $DST_DIR/.app_is_ready
 
-export PGPASSWORD=$TTRSS_DB_PASS 
-
-# podman internal dns is hilariously slow
-if [ ! -z "${TTRSS_DB_SLOW_DNS_HACK}" ]; then
-	DBIPADDR=$(ping -c 1 db | grep from | cut -d " " -f 4 | tr -d :)
-
-	if [ ! -z "$DBIPADDR" ]; then
-		echo overriding DB host with IP address: $DBIPADDR
-		export TTRSS_DB_HOST=$DBIPADDR
-	fi
-fi
-
 [ ! -e /var/www/html/index.php ] && cp ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/index.php /var/www/html
 
 PSQL="mysql -q -h $TTRSS_DB_HOST -u $TTRSS_DB_USER -p$TTRSS_DB_PASS $TTRSS_DB_NAME"