diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/files/hooks/patchset-created b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/files/hooks/patchset-created
index a7b6e29313..11c36199bb 100755
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/files/hooks/patchset-created
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/files/hooks/patchset-created
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ export PROJECTS_YAML=/var/gerrit/etc/projects.yaml
 export PROJECTS_INI=/var/gerrit/etc/projects.ini
 
 # Use timeout to kill any process running longer than 10 minutes.
-timeout -k 2m 10m /usr/local/bin/update-blueprint patchset-created "$@"
-timeout -k 2m 10m /usr/local/bin/update-bug patchset-created "$@"
 timeout -k 2m 10m /usr/local/bin/notify-impact patchset-created "$@" --impact SecurityImpact --dest-address 'openstack-security@lists.openstack.org'
-if [ -f /var/gerrit/etc/ssh_welcome_rsa_key ] ; then
-timeout -k 2m 10m /usr/local/bin/welcome-message patchset-created \
-    --verbose --ssh-user=welcome-message \
-    --ssh-key=/var/gerrit/etc/ssh_welcome_rsa_key "$@"
-fi
+# TODO: reenable these once jeepyb no longer relies on the old Gerrit DB
+#timeout -k 2m 10m /usr/local/bin/update-blueprint patchset-created "$@"
+#timeout -k 2m 10m /usr/local/bin/update-bug patchset-created "$@"
+#if [ -f /var/gerrit/etc/ssh_welcome_rsa_key ] ; then
+#timeout -k 2m 10m /usr/local/bin/welcome-message patchset-created \
+#    --verbose --ssh-user=welcome-message \
+#    --ssh-key=/var/gerrit/etc/ssh_welcome_rsa_key "$@"
+#fi
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config
index be4d7d89dc..8452c519a2 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config
@@ -9,19 +9,6 @@
 	reportBugUrl = https://docs.openstack.org/infra/system-config/project.html#contributing
 	gitHttpUrl = https://{{ gerrit_vhost_name }}/
 	serverId = {{ gerrit_serverid }}
-[database]
-{% if gerrit_database_type == 'MYSQL' %}
-	type = MYSQL
-	hostname = {{ gerrit_mysql_host }}
-	database = reviewdb
-	username = gerrit2
-	url = jdbc:mysql://{{ gerrit_mysql_host }}/reviewdb?characterSetResults=utf8&characterEncoding=utf8&connectionCollation=utf8_bin&useUnicode=yes
-	poolLimit = 225
-	connectionpool = true
-{% else %}
-	type = h2
-	database = tmp/reviewDb
-{% endif %}
 [auth]
 	contributorAgreements = true
 	type = OPENID_SSO
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/secure.config b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/secure.config
index 1e97c050c7..6050ac46fb 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/secure.config
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/secure.config
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 {% if gerrit_database_type == 'MYSQL' %}
-[database]
-	password = {{ gerrit_mysql_password }}
 [accountPatchReviewDb]
 	url = jdbc:mysql://{{ gerrit_mysql_host }}:3306/accountPatchReviewDb?characterSetResults=utf8&characterEncoding=utf8&connectionCollation=utf8_bin&useUnicode=yes&user=gerrit2&password={{ gerrit_mysql_password }}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/review-dev.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/review-dev.yaml.j2
index 4cc3d8e338..fd04e8fe37 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/review-dev.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/zuul/templates/group_vars/review-dev.yaml.j2
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ gerrit_run_init: true
 gerrit_dev_storyboard_token: 4020000c-d1b9-4173-ab33-2f55dbc1c718
 gerrit_dev_email_private_key: xxj2lTapostsobbxvpawhjhnzufaGxchrypoddcafqarrq5h
 # These are here so that interpolation works in the main playbook. They
-# are not actually used in the gerrit config.
+# are not directly used in the gerrit config.
 gerrit_dev_mysql_host: unused
 gerrit_dev_mysql_password: unused