diff --git a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
index 0d7c643733..b4c1adfcba 100755
--- a/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
+++ b/server-ce/init_scripts/00_make_sharelatex_data_dirs.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,3 @@ chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/uploads
 
 mkdir -p /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/dumpFolder
 chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/tmp/dumpFolder
-
-if [ ! -e "/var/lib/sharelatex/data/db.sqlite" ]; then
-       touch /var/lib/sharelatex/data/db.sqlite
-fi
-
-chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/sharelatex/data/db.sqlite
diff --git a/server-ce/settings.js b/server-ce/settings.js
index eb5a5f015e..617b2777bc 100644
--- a/server-ce/settings.js
+++ b/server-ce/settings.js
@@ -153,25 +153,6 @@ const settings = {
     project_history: redisConfig,
   },
 
-  // The compile server (the clsi) uses a SQL database to cache files and
-  // meta-data. sqlite is the default, and the load is low enough that this will
-  // be fine in production (we use sqlite at sharelatex.com).
-  //
-  // If you want to configure a different database, see the Sequelize documentation
-  // for available options:
-  //
-  //    https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize/wiki/API-Reference-Sequelize#example-usage
-  //
-  mysql: {
-    clsi: {
-      database: 'clsi',
-      username: 'clsi',
-      password: '',
-      dialect: 'sqlite',
-      storage: Path.join(DATA_DIR, 'db.sqlite'),
-    },
-  },
-
   // File storage
   // ------------
 
diff --git a/services/clsi/README.md b/services/clsi/README.md
index 1b0b490b74..664569fb92 100644
--- a/services/clsi/README.md
+++ b/services/clsi/README.md
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ sudo chmod g+s compiles
 This is a facet of the way docker works on Linux. See this [upstream issue](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/7198)
 
 
-Config
-------
-
-The CLSI will use a SQLite database by default, but you can optionally set up a MySQL database and then fill in the database name, username and password in the config file at `config/settings.development.js`.
-
 API
 ---