diff --git a/steering/settings.py b/steering/settings.py
index 6d3390c4b590825329e6fc1eb2658a9c748311eb..1eaa4e6b14c1adfbd4e9836faa6c16326fbf8183 100644
--- a/steering/settings.py
+++ b/steering/settings.py
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'steering.urls'
 
 env = environ.Env()
-env.read_env(env_file=PROJECT_DIR+'/../.env')
+env.read_env(env_file=PROJECT_DIR + '/../.env')
 
-DOCKER = env.bool('RUN_IN_DOCKER', default=True)
 DEBUG = env.bool('DEBUG', default=False)
 SITE_ID = 1
 ADMINS = ()
@@ -42,34 +41,16 @@ CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS = list(default_headers) + [
     'content-disposition',
 ]
 
-# Define which database backend to use for our apps
 DATABASES = {
-    # SQLITE
-    #'default': {
-    #    'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-    #    'NAME': os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'dev_data.sqlite'),
-    #},
-
-    # PostgreSQL
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
-        'NAME': env.str('DBNAME', default='steering'),
-        'USER': env.str('DBUSER', default='steering'),
-        'PASSWORD': env.str('DBPASS'),
-        'HOST': env.str('DBHOST', default='steering-postgres'),
-        'PORT': env.str('DBPORT', '5432'),
+        'NAME': env.str('POSTGRES_DB', default='steering'),
+        'USER': env.str('POSTGRES_USER', default='steering'),
+        'PASSWORD': env.str('POSTGRES_PASSWORD'),
+        'HOST': env.str('POSTGRES_HOST', default='steering-postgres'),
+        'PORT': env.str('POSTGRES_PORT', default='5432'),
     },
-
-    # MySQL
-    #    'default': {
-    #        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
-    #        'OPTIONS': {
-    #            'read_default_file': os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'mysql.cnf'),
-    #        },
-    #   },
 }
-if not DOCKER:
-    DATABASES['default']['HOST'] = env.str('DBHOST', default='localhost')
 
 CACHE_BACKEND = 'locmem://'
 
@@ -186,8 +167,3 @@ LOGIN_URL = '/admin/login/'  # Login page OIDC redirects to
 OIDC_EXTRA_SCOPE_CLAIMS = 'steering.oidc_provider_settings.AuraScopeClaims'
 
 # WSGI_APPLICATION = 'steering.wsgi.application';
-
-try:
-    from .local_settings import *
-except ImportError:
-    pass