diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yaml
index b5434d7b..3d1c19ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yaml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         image: postgres:12  # For best results, match version in use by cloud.gov RDS
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
-        build:
-          context: ./dev/db
-        command: >
-          -c ssl=on
-          -c ssl_cert_file=/var/lib/postgresql/server.crt
-          -c ssl_key_file=/var/lib/postgresql/server.key
         env:
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
         options: >-
diff --git a/training/database/database.py b/training/database/database.py
index 906fc0f5..5e063425 100644
--- a/training/database/database.py
+++ b/training/database/database.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 # cloud.gov provides the URI in postgres:// format, but SQLAlchemy requires
-# PostgreSQL URIs to use postgresql:// 
+# PostgreSQL URIs to use postgresql://
 db_uri = settings.DB_URI.replace("postgres://", "postgresql://")
 
 engine = create_engine(db_uri, connect_args={'sslmode': 'require'})