diff --git a/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/AppSettings.cs b/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/AppSettings.cs
index 96bc9b8..759dbb6 100644
--- a/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/AppSettings.cs
+++ b/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/AppSettings.cs
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ public static class AppSettings
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly bool SAVE_DOWNLOADED;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Whether the difficulty command should wait for docker to be ready and perform automatic operations.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly bool RUN_AS_SANDBOX_DOCKER;
-
         static AppSettings()
         {
             INSERT_BEATMAPS = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("INSERT_BEATMAPS") == "1";
@@ -52,8 +47,6 @@ static AppSettings()
 
             BEATMAPS_PATH = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BEATMAPS_PATH") ?? "osu";
             DOWNLOAD_PATH = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOWNLOAD_PATH") ?? "https://osu.ppy.sh/osu/{0}";
-
-            RUN_AS_SANDBOX_DOCKER = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOCKER") == "1";
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/Commands/CalculatorCommand.cs b/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/Commands/CalculatorCommand.cs
index d7ccd8f..d36a5e9 100644
--- a/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/Commands/CalculatorCommand.cs
+++ b/osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator/Commands/CalculatorCommand.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Dapper;
 using McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils;
 
 namespace osu.Server.DifficultyCalculator.Commands
@@ -64,33 +63,6 @@ public void OnExecute(CommandLineApplication app, IConsole console)
 
             threadBeatmapIds = new int[Concurrency];
 
-            if (AppSettings.RUN_AS_SANDBOX_DOCKER)
-            {
-                reporter.Output("Waiting for database...");
-
-                while (true)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        bool initialised = false;
-
-                        using (var conn = Database.GetConnection())
-                        {
-                            if (conn.QuerySingle<int>("SELECT `count` FROM `osu_counts` WHERE `name` = 'docker_db_step'") >= 1)
-                                initialised = true;
-                        }
-
-                        if (initialised)
-                            break;
-                    }
-                    catch
-                    {
-                    }
-
-                    Thread.Sleep(1000);
-                }
-            }
-
             var beatmaps = new ConcurrentQueue<int>(GetBeatmaps());
 
             totalBeatmaps = beatmaps.Count;
@@ -136,18 +108,6 @@ public void OnExecute(CommandLineApplication app, IConsole console)
             using (new Timer(_ => outputHealth(), null, 5000, 5000))
                 Task.WaitAll(tasks);
 
-            if (AppSettings.RUN_AS_SANDBOX_DOCKER)
-            {
-                using (var conn = Database.GetConnection())
-                {
-                    conn.Execute("INSERT INTO `osu_counts` (`name`, `count`) VALUES (@Name, @Count) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `count` = @Count", new
-                    {
-                        Name = "docker_db_step",
-                        Count = 2
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-
             outputProgress();
 
             reporter.Output("Done.");