diff --git a/ceod/db/MySQLService.py b/ceod/db/MySQLService.py
index 6e16fb2..043a906 100644
--- a/ceod/db/MySQLService.py
+++ b/ceod/db/MySQLService.py
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ class MySQLService:
         self.auth_password = config.get('mysql_password')
         self.host = config.get('mysql_host')
 
-        # check that database is up and that we have admin rights
-        test_user = "test_user_64559"
-        self.create_db(test_user)
-        self.delete_db(test_user)
-
     @contextmanager
     def mysql_connection(self):
         try:
diff --git a/ceod/db/PostgreSQLService.py b/ceod/db/PostgreSQLService.py
index 4fe3a1a..3f3cbb8 100644
--- a/ceod/db/PostgreSQLService.py
+++ b/ceod/db/PostgreSQLService.py
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ class PostgreSQLService:
         self.auth_password = config.get('postgresql_password')
         self.host = config.get('postgresql_host')
 
-        # check that database is up and that we have admin rights
-        test_user = "test_user_64559"
-        self.create_db(test_user)
-        self.delete_db(test_user)
-
     @contextmanager
     def psql_connection(self):
         con = None