diff --git a/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BaseInit.java b/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BaseInit.java
index fa801fbbd4..2f71b573d0 100644
--- a/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BaseInit.java
+++ b/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/BaseInit.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import com.google.gerrit.pgm.init.index.elasticsearch.ElasticIndexModuleOnInit;
 import com.google.gerrit.pgm.init.index.lucene.LuceneIndexModuleOnInit;
 import com.google.gerrit.pgm.util.SiteProgram;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfigModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePath;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ import com.google.inject.CreationException;
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
-import com.google.inject.Key;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -92,7 +89,6 @@ public class BaseInit extends SiteProgram {
   private final List<String> pluginsToInstall;
 
   private Injector sysInjector;
-  private Config config;
 
   protected BaseInit(PluginsDistribution pluginsDistribution, List<String> pluginsToInstall) {
     this.standalone = true;
@@ -150,9 +146,6 @@ public class BaseInit extends SiteProgram {
         try {
           run.upgradeSchema();
         } catch (OrmException e) {
-          if (config.getBoolean("container", "slave", false)) {
-            throw e;
-          }
           String msg = "Couldn't upgrade schema. Expected if slave and read-only database";
           System.err.println(msg);
           log.warn(msg, e);
@@ -480,7 +473,6 @@ public class BaseInit extends SiteProgram {
             }
           });
       Injector dbInjector = createDbInjector(SINGLE_USER);
-      config = dbInjector.getInstance(Key.get(Config.class, GerritServerConfig.class));
 
       switch (IndexModule.getIndexType(dbInjector)) {
         case LUCENE: