diff --git a/scripts/wait-for-services.sh b/scripts/wait-for-services.sh
index dba46bf..6438660 100755
--- a/scripts/wait-for-services.sh
+++ b/scripts/wait-for-services.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2019-2020 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Northwestern University.
+# Copyright (C) 2024      KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
 #
 # Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -31,14 +32,8 @@ then
     check_ready "S3" _s3_check
 fi
 
-if [[ ${COOKIECUTTER_DATABASE} == "mysql" ]]
-then
-    _db_check(){ docker-compose exec db bash -c "mysql -p${PROJECT_NAME} -e \"select Version();\"" &>/dev/null; }
-    check_ready "MySQL" _db_check
-else
-    _db_check(){ docker-compose exec --user postgres db bash -c "pg_isready" &>/dev/null; }
-    check_ready "Postgres" _db_check
-fi
+_db_check(){ docker-compose exec --user postgres db bash -c "pg_isready" &>/dev/null; }
+check_ready "Postgres" _db_check
 
 _search_check(){ curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:9200 &>/dev/null; }
 if [[ ${COOKIECUTTER_SEARCH} == "elasticsearch7" ]]
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.full.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.full.yml
index 96e31eb..f86396a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.full.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.full.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # - UI application: UWSGI (not exposed)
 # - API application: UWSGI (not exposed)
 # - Cache: Redis (exposed port: 6379)
-# - DB: (PostgresSQL/MySQL) (exposed port: 5432 or 3306)
+# - DB: (PostgresSQL) (exposed port: 5432)
 # - Message queue: RabbitMQ (exposed ports: 5672, 15672)
 # - Search platform: (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch) (exposed ports: 9200, 9300)
 # - OpenSearch Dashboard/Kibana (view OS/ES indexes) (exposed ports: 5601)
@@ -48,17 +48,10 @@ services:
       file: docker-services.yml
       service: opensearch-dashboards
   {%- endif %}
-  {%- if cookiecutter.database == 'postgresql'%}
   pgadmin:
     extends:
       file: docker-services.yml
       service: pgadmin
-  {%- elif cookiecutter.database == 'mysql'%}
-  phpmyadmin:
-    extends:
-      file: docker-services.yml
-      service: phpmyadmin
-  {%- endif %}
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.file_storage == 'S3'%}
   s3:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.yml
index 810112d..1730a1a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # Following services are included:
 # - Cache: Redis (exposed port: 6379)
-# - DB: (PostgresSQL/MySQL) (exposed port: 5432 or 3306)
+# - DB: (PostgresSQL) (exposed port: 5432)
 # - Message queue: RabbitMQ (exposed ports: 5672, 15672)
 # - Elasticsearch (exposed ports: 9200, 9300)
 # - Kibana (view ES indexes) (exposed ports: 5601)
@@ -44,17 +44,10 @@ services:
       file: docker-services.yml
       service: opensearch-dashboards
   {%- endif %}
-  {%- if cookiecutter.database == 'postgresql'%}
   pgadmin:
     extends:
       file: docker-services.yml
       service: pgadmin
-  {%- elif cookiecutter.database == 'mysql'%}
-  phpmyadmin:
-    extends:
-      file: docker-services.yml
-      service: phpmyadmin
-  {%- endif %}
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.file_storage == 'S3'%}
   s3:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-services.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-services.yml
index 47d5692..f39502d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-services.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/docker-services.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ services:
       - "INVENIO_COMMUNITIES_IDENTITIES_CACHE_REDIS_URL=redis://cache:6379/4"
       - "INVENIO_SEARCH_HOSTS=['search:9200']"
       - "INVENIO_SECRET_KEY=CHANGE_ME"
-      {%- if cookiecutter.database == 'postgresql'%}
       - "INVENIO_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=postgresql+psycopg2://{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}:{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}@db/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-      {%- elif cookiecutter.database == 'mysql'%}
-      - "INVENIO_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=mysql+pymysql://{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}:{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}@db/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-      {%- endif %}
       - "INVENIO_WSGI_PROXIES=2"
       - "INVENIO_RATELIMIT_STORAGE_URL=redis://cache:6379/3"
   frontend:
@@ -37,7 +33,6 @@ services:
     read_only: true
     ports:
       - "6379:6379"
-  {%- if cookiecutter.database == 'postgresql'%}
   db:
     image: postgres:12.4
     restart: "unless-stopped"
@@ -57,26 +52,6 @@ services:
       PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: "{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
     volumes:
       - ./docker/pgadmin/servers.json:/pgadmin4/servers.json
-  {%- elif cookiecutter.database == 'mysql'%}
-  db:
-    image: mysql
-    restart: "unless-stopped"
-    environment:
-      - "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD={{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-      - "MYSQL_DATABAE={{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-      - "MYSQL_USER={{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-      - "MYSQL_PASSWORD={{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-    ports:
-      - "3306:3306"
-  phpmyadmin:
-    image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
-    restart: "unless-stopped"
-    ports:
-      - '8080:80'
-    environment:
-      PMA_HOST: db
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: {{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}
-  {%- endif %}
   mq:
     image: rabbitmq:3-management
     restart: "unless-stopped"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/invenio.cfg b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/invenio.cfg
index 6567ac6..0abbd12 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/invenio.cfg
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}/invenio.cfg
@@ -41,11 +41,7 @@ APP_ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['0.0.0.0', 'localhost', '127.0.0.1']
 # See https://flask-sqlalchemy.palletsprojects.com/en/2.x/config/
 
 # TODO: Set
-{%- if cookiecutter.database == 'postgresql'%}
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI="postgresql+psycopg2://{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}:{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}@localhost/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-{%- elif cookiecutter.database == 'mysql'%}
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI="mysql+pymysql://{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}:{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}@localhost/{{cookiecutter.project_shortname}}"
-{%- endif %}
 
 
 # Invenio-App