diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fcf7ea..e7b91c3 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ HTTPS=false
 DATABASE_URL=
 PRETTY_LOG=true
 PUBLISH_BLOCKS=false
-MAX_CONNECTIONS=4 # how many postgres connections should be made
 ```
 To run this server in production, you'll likely want to set most of them
 ```env
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ HTTPS=true
 DATABASE_URL=postgres://pg_user:pg_pass@pg_host:pg_port/pg_database
 PRETTY_LOG=false
 PUBLISH_BLOCKS=true
-MAX_CONNECTIONS=16
 ```
 
 ### Contributing