diff --git a/server/db/pg/logsDriver.ts b/server/db/pg/logsDriver.ts
index 3e4c2b7e..49e26f89 100644
--- a/server/db/pg/logsDriver.ts
+++ b/server/db/pg/logsDriver.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { drizzle as DrizzlePostgres } from "drizzle-orm/node-postgres";
 import { Pool } from "pg";
 import { readConfigFile } from "@server/lib/readConfigFile";
-import { readPrivateConfigFile } from "@server/private/lib/readConfigFile";
 import { withReplicas } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
 import { build } from "@server/build";
 import { db as mainDb, primaryDb as mainPrimaryDb } from "./driver";
@@ -13,10 +12,9 @@ function createLogsDb() {
     }
 
     const config = readConfigFile();
-    const privateConfig = readPrivateConfigFile();
 
     // Merge configs, prioritizing private config
-    const logsConfig = privateConfig.postgres_logs || config.postgres_logs;
+    const logsConfig = config.postgres_logs;
 
     // Check environment variable first
     let connectionString = process.env.POSTGRES_LOGS_CONNECTION_STRING;
@@ -86,4 +84,4 @@ function createLogsDb() {
 
 export const logsDb = createLogsDb();
 export default logsDb;
-export const primaryLogsDb = logsDb.$primary;
\ No newline at end of file
+export const primaryLogsDb = logsDb.$primary;
diff --git a/server/private/lib/readConfigFile.ts b/server/private/lib/readConfigFile.ts
index a19a1b65..a9de84e8 100644
--- a/server/private/lib/readConfigFile.ts
+++ b/server/private/lib/readConfigFile.ts
@@ -83,46 +83,6 @@ export const privateConfigSchema = z.object({
                 .optional()
         })
         .optional(),
-    postgres_logs: z
-        .object({
-            connection_string: z
-                .string()
-                .optional()
-                .transform(getEnvOrYaml("POSTGRES_LOGS_CONNECTION_STRING")),
-            replicas: z
-                .array(
-                    z.object({
-                        connection_string: z.string()
-                    })
-                )
-                .optional(),
-            pool: z
-                .object({
-                    max_connections: z
-                        .number()
-                        .positive()
-                        .optional()
-                        .default(20),
-                    max_replica_connections: z
-                        .number()
-                        .positive()
-                        .optional()
-                        .default(10),
-                    idle_timeout_ms: z
-                        .number()
-                        .positive()
-                        .optional()
-                        .default(30000),
-                    connection_timeout_ms: z
-                        .number()
-                        .positive()
-                        .optional()
-                        .default(5000)
-                })
-                .optional()
-                .prefault({})
-        })
-        .optional(),
     gerbil: z
         .object({
             local_exit_node_reachable_at: z