diff --git a/inventory_provider/config.py b/inventory_provider/config.py
index 23384f920165dacf2b7d83fd705b03fd2c69ba1b..9cd8085ce85dbac1f61fa46d290e2d29d1809092 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/config.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/config.py
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
     'oneOf': [
         {
             'required': [
-                'ops-db',
                 'ssh',
                 'redis',
                 'redis-databases',
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
         },
         {
             'required': [
-                'ops-db',
                 'ssh',
                 'sentinel',
                 'redis-databases',
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 2659732b3b9b3061fd7fbd5bc4c0f96d790dd73d..b1be8a02b80f93784bbc4aee244ca66efbfc766d 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ def data_config_filename():
 
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
         config = {
-            "ops-db": {
-                "hostname": "xxxxxxx.yyyyy.zzz",
-                "dbname": "xxxxxx",
-                "username": "xxxxxx",
-                "password": "xxxxxxxx"
-            },
             "ssh": {
                 "username": "uSeR-NaMe",
                 "private-key": "private-key-filename",