diff --git a/services/item/database/production/init.js b/services/item/database/production/init.js
index 9abe5f69..7b1cf91c 100644
--- a/services/item/database/production/init.js
+++ b/services/item/database/production/init.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-undef */
-db = db.getSiblingDB('nshm_item');
-
 db.createCollection("items");
 
 db.items.createIndex({ name: "text", description: "text" });
diff --git a/services/wishlist/database/production/1-schema.js b/services/wishlist/database/production/1-schema.js
index 9e2cc430..026f5248 100644
--- a/services/wishlist/database/production/1-schema.js
+++ b/services/wishlist/database/production/1-schema.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-db = db.getSiblingDB('nshm_wishlist');
 // Create 'wishlist' collection (if it doesn't exist yet)
 db.createCollection("wishlist");