diff --git a/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts b/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts
index 3b5ef27e0..8af2b59ab 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/knexfile.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import "ts-node/register";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import type { Knex } from "knex";
 import path from "path";
-import { getMigrationEnvConfig } from "./migrations/utils/env-config";
 
 // Update with your config settings. .
 dotenv.config({
@@ -14,22 +13,20 @@ dotenv.config({
   path: path.join(__dirname, "../../../.env")
 });
 
-const envConfig = getMigrationEnvConfig();
-
 export default {
   development: {
     client: "postgres",
     connection: {
-      connectionString: envConfig.DB_CONNECTION_URI,
-      host: envConfig.DB_HOST,
-      port: envConfig.DB_PORT,
-      user: envConfig.DB_USER,
-      database: envConfig.DB_NAME,
-      password: envConfig.DB_PASSWORD,
-      ssl: envConfig.DB_ROOT_CERT
+      connectionString: process.env.DB_CONNECTION_URI,
+      host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+      port: process.env.DB_PORT,
+      user: process.env.DB_USER,
+      database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+      password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+      ssl: process.env.DB_ROOT_CERT
         ? {
             rejectUnauthorized: true,
-            ca: Buffer.from(envConfig.DB_ROOT_CERT, "base64").toString("ascii")
+            ca: Buffer.from(process.env.DB_ROOT_CERT, "base64").toString("ascii")
           }
         : false
     },
@@ -47,16 +44,16 @@ export default {
   production: {
     client: "postgres",
     connection: {
-      connectionString: envConfig.DB_CONNECTION_URI,
-      host: envConfig.DB_HOST,
-      port: envConfig.DB_PORT,
-      user: envConfig.DB_USER,
-      database: envConfig.DB_NAME,
-      password: envConfig.DB_PASSWORD,
-      ssl: envConfig.DB_ROOT_CERT
+      connectionString: process.env.DB_CONNECTION_URI,
+      host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+      port: process.env.DB_PORT,
+      user: process.env.DB_USER,
+      database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+      password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+      ssl: process.env.DB_ROOT_CERT
         ? {
             rejectUnauthorized: true,
-            ca: Buffer.from(envConfig.DB_ROOT_CERT, "base64").toString("ascii")
+            ca: Buffer.from(process.env.DB_ROOT_CERT, "base64").toString("ascii")
           }
         : false
     },