diff --git a/src/services/postgres.ts b/src/services/postgres.ts
index ece0ce8d..6ba8e1f4 100644
--- a/src/services/postgres.ts
+++ b/src/services/postgres.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Pool, QueryResult, QueryResultRow } from 'pg';
 
 const pool = new Pool({
   connectionString: process.env.POSTGRES_URL,
-  ssl: true,
 });
 
 export type Primitive = string | number | boolean | undefined | null;