diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/registry/entries/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/registry/entries/route.ts
index 40ac75076b..23ed8a2803 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/registry/entries/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/registry/entries/route.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
-import { getVercelDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
+import { getDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
 import { getKv } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/kv';
 import { logger } from 'apps/web/src/utils/logger';
 import { withTimeout } from 'apps/web/app/api/decorators';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async function handler(req: NextRequest) {
 
   // Base query for filtering by category if provided
   try {
-    const db = getVercelDb();
+    const db = getDb();
     let baseQuery = db.selectFrom('content');
 
     if (category) {
diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/registry/featured/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/registry/featured/route.ts
index 9311722e92..ec152fac17 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/registry/featured/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/registry/featured/route.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
-import { getVercelDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
+import { getDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
 import { getKv } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/kv';
 import { logger } from 'apps/web/src/utils/logger';
 import { withTimeout } from 'apps/web/app/api/decorators';
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const PAGE_KEY = 'api.ocs_registry.featured';
 
 async function handler() {
   try {
-    const db = getVercelDb();
+    const db = getDb();
     const content = await db
       .selectFrom('content')
       .where('is_featured', '=', true)
diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
index 91fefce1f0..ee55b5363c 100644
--- a/apps/web/package.json
+++ b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     "@types/three": "0.153.0",
     "@vercel/blob": "^0.23.4",
     "@vercel/og": "^0.6.2",
-    "@vercel/postgres-kysely": "^0.8.0",
     "base-ui": "0.1.1",
     "classnames": "^2.5.1",
     "cloudinary": "^2.5.1",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds/index.ts b/apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds/index.ts
index 02a0eb3591..ff3e34cfdb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds/index.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createKysely } from '@vercel/postgres-kysely';
 import { Kysely, PostgresDialect } from 'kysely';
 import { Pool } from 'pg';
 import { isDevelopment } from 'apps/web/src/constants';
@@ -30,19 +29,6 @@ function createDefaultRDSManager() {
   }
 }
 
-function createVercelRDSManager() {
-  try {
-    return createKysely<Database>();
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (isDevelopment) {
-      console.error('Failed to connect to Vercel RDS', error);
-    } else {
-      logger.error('Failed to connect to Vercel Postgres', error);
-    }
-    throw new Error(`Failed to connect to Vercel Postgres: ${error}`);
-  }
-}
-
 let db: Kysely<Database> | undefined = undefined;
 export function getDb() {
   if (!db) {
@@ -50,11 +36,3 @@ export function getDb() {
   }
   return db;
 }
-
-let vercelDb: Kysely<Database> | undefined = undefined;
-export function getVercelDb() {
-  if (!vercelDb) {
-    vercelDb = createVercelRDSManager();
-  }
-  return vercelDb;
-}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/discount_code_storage.ts b/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/discount_code_storage.ts
index 77214a5379..cad7c26b5c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/discount_code_storage.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/discount_code_storage.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { getVercelDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
+import { getDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
 
 const publicTableName = 'public.basenames_discount_codes';
 
 export async function getDiscountCode(code: string) {
-  const db = getVercelDb();
+  const db = getDb();
   let query = db.selectFrom(publicTableName).where('code', 'ilike', code);
   return query.selectAll().limit(1).execute();
 }
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function incrementDiscountCodeUsage(code: string) {
   const tableName = publicTableName;
 
   // Perform the update and return the updated row in a single query
-  const db = getVercelDb();
+  const db = getDb();
   const result = await db
     .updateTable(tableName)
     .set((eb) => ({
diff --git a/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/proofs_storage.ts b/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/proofs_storage.ts
index b6ce2d94d2..869e715845 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/proofs_storage.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/utils/proofs/proofs_storage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getVercelDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
+import { getDb } from 'apps/web/src/utils/datastores/rds';
 import { Address } from 'viem';
 
 export enum ProofTableNamespace {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export async function getProofsByNamespaceAndAddress(
   namespace: ProofTableNamespace,
   caseInsensitive = true, // set false for big data sets
 ) {
-  const db = getVercelDb();
+  const db = getDb();
   let query = db.selectFrom(proofTableName).where('namespace', '=', namespace.valueOf());
 
   /**
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4259aa24f1..6aaea389ca 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@typescript-eslint/utils": ^7.8.0
     "@vercel/blob": ^0.23.4
     "@vercel/og": ^0.6.2
-    "@vercel/postgres-kysely": ^0.8.0
     autoprefixer: ^10.4.13
     base-ui: 0.1.1
     classnames: ^2.5.1
@@ -5159,15 +5158,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@neondatabase/serverless@npm:0.7.2":
-  version: 0.7.2
-  resolution: "@neondatabase/serverless@npm:0.7.2"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/pg": 8.6.6
-  checksum: bfcd7e209aae0c0b05cbf40c5cbc105d9cf43a4f65171cee5f2a170132d015a547c5a8ee2b4cd6e963670ebe77eab5fd0db62d1636e816129fa343b1bd8ec141
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@next/bundle-analyzer@npm:^15.1.6":
   version: 15.1.7
   resolution: "@next/bundle-analyzer@npm:15.1.7"
@@ -8432,17 +8422,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/pg@npm:8.6.6":
-  version: 8.6.6
-  resolution: "@types/pg@npm:8.6.6"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node": "*"
-    pg-protocol: "*"
-    pg-types: ^2.2.0
-  checksum: ac145553a8ad2f357feacad1bceaf5d6ce904eb9d66233b84c469a2b4fa3738d4ebdf29b7ea45387be2d07f915fd873a229f90a2f766d7c377afa7c41fbcf8d1
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/pg@npm:^8.11.6":
   version: 8.11.11
   resolution: "@types/pg@npm:8.11.11"
@@ -9157,29 +9136,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@vercel/postgres-kysely@npm:^0.8.0":
-  version: 0.8.0
-  resolution: "@vercel/postgres-kysely@npm:0.8.0"
-  dependencies:
-    "@vercel/postgres": 0.8.0
-  peerDependencies:
-    kysely: ^0.24.2 || ^0.25.0 || ^0.26.0 || ^0.27.0
-  checksum: 3e4cb9fa2e4752c7693aefb6f15b946658d68ab38c0dcb9ae74e49f5dad22bf5a6510c4df9d78e3916115d9f1250817f5ed3361615796ec56d5181347a57abe8
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"@vercel/postgres@npm:0.8.0":
-  version: 0.8.0
-  resolution: "@vercel/postgres@npm:0.8.0"
-  dependencies:
-    "@neondatabase/serverless": 0.7.2
-    bufferutil: 4.0.8
-    utf-8-validate: 6.0.3
-    ws: 8.14.2
-  checksum: c6e2683bec4df7abd0f9dfc525a62d8eab38bdc64928616b21c507445ca5574bff133ff868e7b20fe653fbca1b55341c3ab7dce6255cc05013eaa60414debd71
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@vercel/static-config@npm:3.0.0":
   version: 3.0.0
   resolution: "@vercel/static-config@npm:3.0.0"
@@ -10651,16 +10607,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"bufferutil@npm:4.0.8":
-  version: 4.0.8
-  resolution: "bufferutil@npm:4.0.8"
-  dependencies:
-    node-gyp: latest
-    node-gyp-build: ^4.3.0
-  checksum: 7e9a46f1867dca72fda350966eb468eca77f4d623407b0650913fadf73d5750d883147d6e5e21c56f9d3b0bdc35d5474e80a600b9f31ec781315b4d2469ef087
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "bufferutil@npm:^4.0.8":
   version: 4.0.9
   resolution: "bufferutil@npm:4.0.9"
@@ -20288,7 +20234,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"pg-types@npm:^2.1.0, pg-types@npm:^2.2.0":
+"pg-types@npm:^2.1.0":
   version: 2.2.0
   resolution: "pg-types@npm:2.2.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -24804,16 +24750,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"utf-8-validate@npm:6.0.3":
-  version: 6.0.3
-  resolution: "utf-8-validate@npm:6.0.3"
-  dependencies:
-    node-gyp: latest
-    node-gyp-build: ^4.3.0
-  checksum: 5e21383c81ff7469c1912119ca69d07202d944c73ddd8a54b84dddcc546b939054e5101c78c294e494d206fe93bd43428adc635a0660816b3ec9c8ec89286ac4
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "utf-8-validate@npm:^5.0.2":
   version: 5.0.10
   resolution: "utf-8-validate@npm:5.0.10"
@@ -25575,21 +25511,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"ws@npm:8.14.2":
-  version: 8.14.2
-  resolution: "ws@npm:8.14.2"
-  peerDependencies:
-    bufferutil: ^4.0.1
-    utf-8-validate: ">=5.0.2"
-  peerDependenciesMeta:
-    bufferutil:
-      optional: true
-    utf-8-validate:
-      optional: true
-  checksum: 3ca0dad26e8cc6515ff392b622a1467430814c463b3368b0258e33696b1d4bed7510bc7030f7b72838b9fdeb8dbd8839cbf808367d6aae2e1d668ce741d4308b
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "ws@npm:8.17.1, ws@npm:~8.17.1":
   version: 8.17.1
   resolution: "ws@npm:8.17.1"