diff --git a/conf/application.conf b/conf/application.conf
index 88bce228..2063e0cf 100644
--- a/conf/application.conf
+++ b/conf/application.conf
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ db {
     password=${?MR_DATABASE_PASSWORD}
 
     hikaricp {
-      connectionTestQuery="SELECT 1"
       # The database connection pool size can be tweaked based on available system resources and needed throughput.
       # Increasing this value causes parallel database transactions at the cost of more RAM, more CPU.
       # Note: