diff --git a/group_vars/matrix_servers b/group_vars/matrix_servers
index b0293802..074e06e9 100755
--- a/group_vars/matrix_servers
+++ b/group_vars/matrix_servers
@@ -1837,10 +1837,6 @@ matrix_postgres_additional_databases: |
     }] if (matrix_synapse_enabled and matrix_synapse_database_database != matrix_postgres_db_name and matrix_synapse_database_host == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
     +
     ([{
-      'name': matrix_dendrite_appservice_database,
-      'username': matrix_dendrite_database_user,
-      'password': matrix_dendrite_database_password,
-    },{
       'name': matrix_dendrite_federationapi_database,
       'username': matrix_dendrite_database_user,
       'password': matrix_dendrite_database_password,
diff --git a/roles/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml b/roles/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml
index 50336a11..28f542e1 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ matrix_dendrite_enabled: true
 
 matrix_dendrite_docker_image: "{{ matrix_dendrite_docker_image_name_prefix }}matrixdotorg/dendrite-monolith:{{ matrix_dendrite_docker_image_tag }}"
 matrix_dendrite_docker_image_name_prefix: "docker.io/"
-matrix_dendrite_docker_image_tag: "v0.9.5"
+matrix_dendrite_docker_image_tag: "v0.9.6"
 matrix_dendrite_docker_image_force_pull: "{{ matrix_dendrite_docker_image.endswith(':latest') }}"
 
 matrix_dendrite_base_path: "{{ matrix_base_data_path }}/dendrite"
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ matrix_dendrite_database_str: "postgresql://{{ matrix_dendrite_database_user }}:
 matrix_dendrite_database_hostname: "matrix-postgres"
 matrix_dendrite_database_user: "dendrite"
 matrix_dendrite_database_password: "itsasecret"
-matrix_dendrite_appservice_database: "dendrite_appservice"
 matrix_dendrite_federationapi_database: "dendrite_federationapi"
 matrix_dendrite_keyserver_database: "dendrite_keyserver"
 matrix_dendrite_mediaapi_database: "dendrite_mediaapi"
diff --git a/roles/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2
index 20131c10..88aacab2 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@ app_service_api:
   internal_api:
     listen: http://0.0.0.0:7777
     connect: http://appservice_api:7777
-  database:
-    connection_string: {{ matrix_dendrite_database_str }}/{{ matrix_dendrite_appservice_database }}?sslmode=disable
-    max_open_conns: 10
-    max_idle_conns: 2
-    conn_max_lifetime: -1
 
   # Disable the validation of TLS certificates of appservices. This is
   # not recommended in production since it may allow appservice traffic