diff --git a/config/defaults.hjson b/config/defaults.hjson
index 880af802c..b1c6d9ba5 100644
--- a/config/defaults.hjson
+++ b/config/defaults.hjson
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     # Name of the postgres database for lemmy
     database: "string"
     # Maximum number of active sql connections
-    pool_size: 95
+    pool_size: 30
   }
   # Settings related to activitypub federation
   # Pictrs image server configuration.
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
index cb3d5d1ea..d7af17544 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ use rustls::{
 use std::{
   ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
   sync::Arc,
-  time::{Duration, SystemTime},
+  time::SystemTime,
 };
 use tracing::{error, info};
 use url::Url;
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ const FETCH_LIMIT_DEFAULT: i64 = 10;
 pub const FETCH_LIMIT_MAX: i64 = 50;
 pub const SITEMAP_LIMIT: i64 = 50000;
 pub const SITEMAP_DAYS: i64 = 31;
-const POOL_TIMEOUT: Option<Duration> = Some(Duration::from_secs(5));
 pub const RANK_DEFAULT: f64 = 0.0001;
 
 pub type ActualDbPool = Pool<AsyncPgConnection>;
@@ -302,9 +301,6 @@ pub async fn build_db_pool() -> Result<ActualDbPool, LemmyError> {
   };
   let pool = Pool::builder(manager)
     .max_size(SETTINGS.database.pool_size)
-    .wait_timeout(POOL_TIMEOUT)
-    .create_timeout(POOL_TIMEOUT)
-    .recycle_timeout(POOL_TIMEOUT)
     .runtime(Runtime::Tokio1)
     .build()?;
 
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs b/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
index 886cd71b6..c4ff315ae 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/settings/structs.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub struct DatabaseConfig {
   pub(crate) connection: DatabaseConnection,
 
   /// Maximum number of active sql connections
-  #[default(95)]
+  #[default(30)]
   pub pool_size: usize,
 }