diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Database.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Database.cs
index 966e416a..ca96a500 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Database.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Database.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Core
             
             _connectionString = new NpgsqlConnectionStringBuilder(_config.Database)
             {
-                Pooling = true, MaxPoolSize = 500, Enlist = false, NoResetOnClose = true,
+                Pooling = true, Enlist = false, NoResetOnClose = true,
                 
                 // Lower timeout than default (15s -> 2s), should ideally fail-fast instead of hanging
                 Timeout = 2