diff --git a/docs-private/Developer-How-To-Start.md b/docs-private/Developer-How-To-Start.md
index 4a121fd..ab80be2 100644
--- a/docs-private/Developer-How-To-Start.md
+++ b/docs-private/Developer-How-To-Start.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 ## Standalone Run
 
-- Enable maven profile `standalone`
 - Use IntelliJ Idea run configuration at `../.run/UserDataStoreApplication.run.xml`
 - Open [http://localhost:8091/user-data-store/actuator/health](http://localhost:8091/user-data-store/actuator/health) and you should get `{"status":"UP"}`
 
diff --git a/docs/Configuration-Properties.md b/docs/Configuration-Properties.md
index 63265ae..7a2b5b0 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration-Properties.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration-Properties.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ The User Data Store uses the following public configuration properties:
 | `spring.datasource.username`                                   | `_empty_` | Database JDBC username                              |
 | `spring.datasource.password`                                   | `_empty_` | Database JDBC password                              |
 | `spring.datasource.driver-class-name`                          | `_empty_` | Datasource JDBC class name                          | 
-| `spring.jpa.database-platform`                                 | `_empty_` | Database dialect                                    | 
 | `spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto`                                | `none`    | Configuration of automatic database schema creation | 
 | `spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.characterEncoding` | `_empty_` | Character encoding                                  |
 | `spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.useUnicode`        | `_empty_` | Character encoding - Unicode support                |
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a1483d6..0f3a3ea 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spring.datasource.password=${USER_DATA_STORE_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD:}
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
 spring.datasource.hikari.auto-commit=false
 
-spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.temp.use_jdbc_metadata_defaults=false
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.characterEncoding=utf8
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.connection.useUnicode=true
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none