diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index f339bf40b..4bab5d232 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: "3.9"
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: make bootstrap-with-docker
+      run: make bootstrap
     # - name: Run style checks
     #   run: flake8 .
     # - name: Check imports alphabetized
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 9e9ccedd1..c398cc65d 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ API_HOST_NAME=http://0.0.0.0:6011
 REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6380
 REDIS_ENABLED=1
 
-# DB conection string, this is overriden in jenkins and on cloudfoundry
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://postgres:chummy@db:5432/notification_api
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_TEST_URI=postgresql://postgres:chummy@db:5432/test_notification_api
-
 # AWS
 AWS_REGION=us-west-2
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=