diff --git a/passbook/core/celery.py b/passbook/core/celery.py
index 652ad0304..edf1c13a4 100644
--- a/passbook/core/celery.py
+++ b/passbook/core/celery.py
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ import logging
 import os
 
 import celery
-# import pymysql
 from django.conf import settings
 
 # from raven import Client
 # from raven.contrib.celery import register_logger_signal, register_signal
 
-# pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
-
 # set the default Django settings module for the 'celery' program.
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "passbook.core.settings")
 
diff --git a/passbook/core/requirements.txt b/passbook/core/requirements.txt
index 5f02386d3..282556637 100644
--- a/passbook/core/requirements.txt
+++ b/passbook/core/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ markdown
 colorlog
 celery
 redis<3.0
-pymysql
+psycopg2
 idna<2.8,>=2.5
 cherrypy
diff --git a/passbook/core/settings.py b/passbook/core/settings.py
index a3f998f45..b7bb10876 100644
--- a/passbook/core/settings.py
+++ b/passbook/core/settings.py
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'passbook.core.wsgi.application'
 
 DATABASES = {}
 for db_alias, db_config in CONFIG.get('databases').items():
-    if 'mysql' in db_config.get('engine'):
-        import pymysql
-        pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
     DATABASES[db_alias] = {
         'ENGINE': db_config.get('engine'),
         'HOST': db_config.get('host'),