diff --git a/docs/deployment/k8s.md b/docs/deployment/k8s.md
index e7fd025026..4596608caf 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/k8s.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/k8s.md
@@ -399,17 +399,6 @@ backend:
 
 Please also change the host and port environment variables in the `app-config.production.yaml` to the following:
 
-```yaml
-backend:
-  database:
-    client: pg
-    connection:
-      host: ${POSTGRES_SERVICE_HOST}
-      port: ${POSTGRES_SERVICE_PORT}
-      user: ${POSTGRES_USER}
-      password: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
-```
-
 Make sure to rebuild the Docker image after applying `app-config.yaml` changes.
 
 Apply this Deployment to the Kubernetes cluster: