diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb
index 74a96cd..0da339a 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ module GitLab
       end
 
       GitLab['postgresql']['sql_password'] ||= generate_hex(50)
-      GitLab['postgresql']['sql_ro_password'] ||= generate_hex(50)
 
       if File.directory?("/etc/gitlab")
         File.open("/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json", "w") do |f|
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ module GitLab
             Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty({
               'postgresql' => {
                 'sql_password' => GitLab['postgresql']['sql_password'],
-                'sql_ro_password' => GitLab['postgresql']['sql_ro_password']
               },
             })
           )
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/helper.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/helper.rb
index 7681da1..72d4b4c 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/helper.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/helper.rb
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ class PgHelper
     user_exists?(node['gitlab']['postgresql']['sql_user'])
   end
 
-  def sql_ro_user_exists?
-    user_exists?(node['gitlab']['postgresql']['sql_ro_user'])
-  end
-
   def user_exists?(db_user)
     psql_cmd(["-d 'template1'",
               "-c 'select usename from pg_user' -A",
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