diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c44c35..87d8ba2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ env = [
   "INST_DB_PWD=user",
   "INST_DB_HOST=localhost:5432",
   "INST_DB_NAME=fi",
-  "INST_DB_SCHEME=postgresql+asyncpg",
   "KC_URL=http://localhost",
   "KC_REALM=",
   "KC_ADMIN_CLIENT_ID=",
diff --git a/src/.env.local b/src/.env.local
index f82288d..69a344b 100644
--- a/src/.env.local
+++ b/src/.env.local
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ INST_DB_USER=fi
 INST_DB_PWD=fi
 INST_DB_HOST=localhost:5432
 INST_DB_SCHEMA=public
-INST_DB_SCHEME=postgresql+asyncpg
 JWT_OPTS_VERIFY_AT_HASH="false"
 JWT_OPTS_VERIFY_AUD="false"
 JWT_OPTS_VERIFY_ISS="false"
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diff --git a/src/.env.template b/src/.env.template
index 4adc921..b5c39a5 100644
--- a/src/.env.template
+++ b/src/.env.template
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ INST_DB_USER=
 INST_DB_PWD=
 INST_DB_HOST=
 INST_DB_SCHEMA=
-INST_DB_SCHEME=postgresql+asyncpg
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+# INST_DB_SCHEME This can be added if needing to override the default of 'postgresql+asyncpg'
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