diff --git a/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose-bootstrap-db.yml b/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose-bootstrap-db.yml
index d23235b2d5..9a14ec51c3 100644
--- a/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose-bootstrap-db.yml
+++ b/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose-bootstrap-db.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ services:
     image: apache/polaris-admin-tool:postgres-latest
     environment:
       - POLARIS_PERSISTENCE_TYPE=relational-jdbc
-      - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_DB_KIND=pgsql
       - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL=${QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL}
       - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=${QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME}
       - QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=${QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD}
diff --git a/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose.yml b/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose.yml
index 45ca86b71e..9c089ba2b4 100644
--- a/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/getting-started/jdbc/docker-compose.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ services:
       POLARIS_PERSISTENCE_RELATIONAL_JDBC_MAX_RETRIES: 5
       POLARIS_PERSISTENCE_RELATIONAL_JDBC_INITIAL_DELAY_IN_MS: 100
       POLARIS_PERSISTENCE_RELATIONAL_JDBC_MAX_DURATION_IN_MS: 5000
-      QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_DB_KIND: pgsql
       QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL: $QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL
       QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME: $QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME
       QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD: $QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD
diff --git a/runtime/admin/src/main/resources/application.properties b/runtime/admin/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 409ed5737f..3cdfaa18a1 100644
--- a/runtime/admin/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/runtime/admin/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ quarkus.container-image.registry=docker.io
 quarkus.container-image.group=apache
 quarkus.container-image.name=polaris-admin-tool
 quarkus.container-image.additional-tags=latest
+quarkus.datasource.db-kind=postgresql
 
 # ---- Runtime Configuration ----
 # Below are default values for properties that can be changed in runtime.
 
 polaris.persistence.type=relational-jdbc
-
 #quarkus.datasource.active=false
 #quarkus.datasource.url=
 #quarkus.datasource.username=
diff --git a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/configuring-polaris-for-production.md b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/configuring-polaris-for-production.md
index fac51b40f9..47d25a9c3c 100644
--- a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/configuring-polaris-for-production.md
+++ b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/configuring-polaris-for-production.md
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ Configure the metastore by setting the following ENV variables:
 ```
 POLARIS_PERSISTENCE_TYPE=relational-jdbc
 
-QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_DB_KIND=postgresql
 QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=<your-username>
 QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=<your-password>
 QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL=<jdbc-url-of-postgres>
diff --git a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/metastores.md b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/metastores.md
index 4810b124a0..53d9ef144a 100644
--- a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/metastores.md
+++ b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/metastores.md
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ environment variables or JVM -D flags at startup. For more information, refer to
 ```
 POLARIS_PERSISTENCE_TYPE=relational-jdbc
 
-QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_DB_KIND=postgresql
 QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=<your-username>
 QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=<your-password>
 QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_JDBC_URL=<jdbc-url-of-postgres>