diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
index af448b43e7..fcc4a8b249 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ jobs:
                 -e MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.OBSCURO_GATEWAY_MARIADB_ROOT_PWD }} \
                 -e MARIADB_USER=obscurouser \
                 -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.OBSCURO_GATEWAY_MARIADB_USER_PWD }} \
-                -v /home/obscuro/go-obscuro/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/schema.sql \
                 mariadb:11.1.2-jammy \
                 --max_password_errors=2'
 
diff --git a/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql b/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 126e1a2a55..0000000000
--- a/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- This file is used to initialize the database by the github action manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
-
- todo (@ziga) : separate the database initialization from the database migration and delete this file and use migration files for each database type instead (sqlite, mariadb, edgelessdb)
- */
-
-CREATE DATABASE ogdb;
-
-USE ogdb;
-
-GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON ogdb.* TO 'obscurouser';
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ogdb.users (
-    user_id varbinary(20) PRIMARY KEY,
-    private_key varbinary(32)
-    );
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ogdb.accounts (
-    user_id varbinary(20),
-    account_address varbinary(20),
-    signature varbinary(65),
-    FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES users(user_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
-    );
\ No newline at end of file