diff --git a/docs/setup.rst b/docs/setup.rst
index f042356..dd5cb94 100644
--- a/docs/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ To use PostgreSQL, the following dependencies need to be installed (besides the
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-  pacman -S python-sqlalchemy python-psycopg2
+  pacman -S python-psycopg2
 
 Lilac can send error reports via email. A local mail transfer agent (MTA) is preferred (e.g. Postfix) but a remote one is supported too. We'll disable this in this article.
 
diff --git a/lilac b/lilac
index 084ddb7..f81b869 100755
--- a/lilac
+++ b/lilac
@@ -516,10 +516,8 @@ def main_may_raise(
   pkgbuild.update_data(PACMAN_DB_DIR, pacman_conf)
 
   if dburl := config['lilac'].get('dburl'):
-    import sqlalchemy
-    engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(dburl)
     schema = config['lilac'].get('schema')
-    db.setup(engine, schema)
+    db.setup(dburl, schema)
 
   if cmds := config.get('misc', {}).get('prerun'):
     for cmd in cmds:
diff --git a/scripts/testdb.py b/scripts/testdb.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 7150ec5..0000000
--- a/scripts/testdb.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-
-import sqlalchemy
-
-from lilac2 import db
-
-def main():
-  engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine('postgresql:///')
-  db.setup(engine)
-
-  with db.get_session() as s:
-    b = db.Batch(event='start')
-    s.add(b)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  main()
-