diff --git a/.env b/.env
index ba8cf6267b7..dfe279267f8 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -24,8 +24,5 @@ HEALTHCHECK_FILE_INTERVAL=60s
 HEALTHCHECK_FILE_TIMEOUT=10s
 HEALTHCHECK_FILE_RETRIES=3
 HEALTHCHECK_FILE_START_PERIOD=600s
-# Caution: Raising max connections of postgres increases CPU and RAM usage
-# see https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted/pull/2740 for more information
-POSTGRES_MAX_CONNECTIONS=100
 # Set SETUP_JS_SDK_ASSETS to 1 to enable the setup of JS SDK assets
 # SETUP_JS_SDK_ASSETS=1
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 77a4a938e48..7d89d34c394 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ services:
       # Using default user "postgres" from sentry/sentry.conf.example.py or value of POSTGRES_USER if provided
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}"]
     command:
-      ["postgres", "-c", "max_connections=${POSTGRES_MAX_CONNECTIONS:-100}"]
+      ["postgres"]
     environment:
       POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: "trust"
     volumes: