diff --git a/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml b/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml
index ead4e22..8d9a2fe 100644
--- a/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml
+++ b/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ appservice:
     # Format examples:
     #   SQLite:   sqlite:filename.db
     #   Postgres: postgres://username:password@hostname/dbname
-    #database: postgres://username:password@hostname/dbname
-    uri: postgres://telegram:jgzqnGCq3KY28C@postgres-telegram:5432/telegram?sslmode=disable
+    database: postgres://username:password@hostname/dbname
     # Additional arguments for asyncpg.create_pool() or sqlite3.connect()
     # https://magicstack.github.io/asyncpg/current/api/index.html#asyncpg.pool.create_pool
     # https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.connect