diff --git a/run b/run
index 5c0d983d87..384788147e 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -162,39 +162,6 @@ while [[ -n "${1:-}" ]] && [[ "${1:0:1}" == "-" ]]; do
     shift
 done
 
-start_django_db () {
-    # Run the database if necessary
-    if grep -q django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2 */settings.py 2> /dev/null; then
-        # Create isolated network
-        if ! docker network inspect ${network_name} &> /dev/null; then
-            docker network create ${network_name}
-        fi
-
-        # Start the database
-        trap "kill_container ${db_container}" EXIT;
-        if ! docker inspect -f {{.State.Running}} ${db_container} &>/dev/null; then
-            docker run \
-                --name ${db_container}       `# Name the container`  \
-                --rm                         `# Remove the container once it's finished`  \
-                --volume "${db_volume}":/var/lib/postgresql/data  `# Store dependencies in a docker volume`  \
-                ${http_proxy}                `# Include HTTP proxy if needed`  \
-                --network ${network_name}    `# Use an isolated network`  \
-                --network-alias db           `# Call this container "db" on the network so it can be found`  \
-                --detach                     `# Run in the background` \
-                postgres                     `# Use the image for node version 7`
-        fi
-
-        # Wait for it
-        wait_time=0
-        until docker exec ${db_container} pg_isready || [ $wait_time -eq 4 ]; do
-            sleep $(( wait_time++ ))
-        done
-
-        # Provision database
-        run_as_user "${network}" python3 manage.py migrate
-    fi
-}
-
 kill_container () {
     container_name="${1}"
 
@@ -397,8 +364,6 @@ case $run_command in
             fi
         done
 
-        start_django_db
-
         # Run the serve container, publishing the port, and detaching if required
         run_as_user "--env PORT=${PORT} --publish ${PORT}:${PORT} ${publish_forward_ports} ${publish_extra_ports} ${detach} ${run_serve_docker_opts} ${module_volumes}" yarn run serve $*
     ;;
@@ -529,7 +494,6 @@ case $run_command in
         done
 
         update_dependencies
-        start_django_db
 
         if ${run_as_root}; then
             docker_run "${expose_ports}" $@
@@ -559,7 +523,6 @@ case $run_command in
         done
 
         update_dependencies
-        start_django_db
 
         if ${run_as_root}; then
             docker_run "${expose_ports}" yarn run $@