diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0aae66e..ccd5a00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ Cookbooks
 The following cookbooks are dependencies:
 
 * apt
-* database
 * openstack-common
 * openstack-identity
 * openstack-image
-* mysql
 * openssh
 * rabbitmq
 * selinux (Fedora)
@@ -33,10 +31,6 @@ api
 - Installs the cinder-api, sets up the cinder database,
  and cinder service/user/endpoints in keystone
 
-db
---
-- Creates the Cinder database
-
 scheduler
 ----
 - Installs the cinder-scheduler service
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 9a7f64a..fe667c8 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ version          "7.0.0"
 
 recipe           "openstack-block-storage::common", "Defines the common pieces of repeated code from the other recipes"
 recipe           "openstack-block-storage::api", "Installs the cinder-api, sets up the cinder database, and cinder service/user/endpoints in keystone"
-recipe           "openstack-block-storage::db", "Creates the Cinder database"
 recipe           "openstack-block-storage::keystone_registration", "Registers cinder service/user/endpoints in keystone"
 recipe           "openstack-block-storage::scheduler", "Installs the cinder-scheduler service"
 recipe           "openstack-block-storage::volume", "Installs the cinder-volume service and sets up the iscsi helper"
@@ -18,11 +17,9 @@ recipe           "openstack-block-storage::volume", "Installs the cinder-volume
 end
 
 depends          "apt"
-depends          "database"
 depends          "openstack-common", "~> 0.3.0"
 depends          "openstack-identity", "~> 7.0.0"
 depends          "openstack-image", "~> 7.0.0"
-depends          "mysql"
 depends          "openssh"
 depends          "rabbitmq"
 depends          "selinux"
diff --git a/recipes/db.rb b/recipes/db.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f1fe86d..0000000
--- a/recipes/db.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Cookbook Name:: openstack-block-storage
-# Recipe:: db
-#
-# Copyright 2012-2013, AT&T Services, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-# This recipe should be placed in the run_list of the node that
-# runs the database server that houses the Cinder main database
-
-class ::Chef::Recipe
-  include ::Openstack
-end
-
-# TODO(jaypipes): This is retarded, but nothing runs without this. The
-# database cookbook should handle this crap, but it doesn't. :(
-include_recipe "mysql::client"
-include_recipe "mysql::ruby"
-
-db_pass = db_password "cinder"
-
-db_create_with_user("volume",
-  node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["db"]["username"],
-  db_pass
-)
diff --git a/spec/db_spec.rb b/spec/db_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b804c9..0000000
--- a/spec/db_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-require_relative "spec_helper"
-
-describe "openstack-block-storage::db" do
-  it "installs mysql packages" do
-    @chef_run = converge
-
-    expect(@chef_run).to include_recipe "mysql::client"
-    expect(@chef_run).to include_recipe "mysql::ruby"
-  end
-
-  it "creates database and user" do
-    ::Chef::Recipe.any_instance.should_receive(:db_create_with_user).
-      with "volume", "cinder", "test-pass"
-
-    converge
-  end
-
-  def converge
-    ::Chef::Recipe.any_instance.stub(:db_password).with("cinder").
-      and_return "test-pass"
-
-    ::ChefSpec::ChefRunner.new(::UBUNTU_OPTS).converge "openstack-block-storage::db"
-  end
-end