diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index 0cd7f707..81870c34 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<systemPropertyVariables>
 						<java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager</java.util.logging.manager>
+						<quarkus.datasource.db-kind>${build.database}</quarkus.datasource.db-kind>
 					</systemPropertyVariables>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@
 						<native.image.path>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}-runner
 						</native.image.path>
 						<java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager</java.util.logging.manager>
+						<quarkus.datasource.db-kind>${build.database}</quarkus.datasource.db-kind>
 					</systemPropertyVariables>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/resources/application.properties b/commafeed-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 148c37bd..5f7a079a 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ quarkus.http.auth.form.error-page=
 quarkus.websocket.dispatch-to-worker=true
 
 # database
-quarkus.datasource.db-kind=h2
 quarkus.liquibase.change-log=migrations.xml
 quarkus.liquibase.migrate-at-start=true