diff --git a/services/gitea/default.nix b/services/gitea/default.nix
index 0c40c93..11ef52d 100644
--- a/services/gitea/default.nix
+++ b/services/gitea/default.nix
@@ -95,18 +95,8 @@ in {
       ];
     };
 
-    services.postgresql = {
-      enable = true;
-
-      ensureDatabases = ["gitea"];
-      ensureUsers = [
-        {
-          name = "git";
-          ensurePermissions."DATABASE gitea" = "ALL PRIVILEGES";
-        }
-      ];
-    };
-
+    # NOTE: no need to use postgresql.ensureDatabases because the gitea module
+    # takes care of this automatically
     services.postgresqlBackup = {
       databases = ["gitea"];
     };