diff --git a/Foxnouns.Backend/Config.cs b/Foxnouns.Backend/Config.cs
index 0781443..96d724b 100644
--- a/Foxnouns.Backend/Config.cs
+++ b/Foxnouns.Backend/Config.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public class Config
     public class DatabaseConfig
     {
         public string Url { get; init; } = string.Empty;
-        public bool? EnablePooling { get; init; }
         public int? Timeout { get; init; }
         public int? MaxPoolSize { get; init; }
     }
diff --git a/Foxnouns.Backend/Database/DatabaseContext.cs b/Foxnouns.Backend/Database/DatabaseContext.cs
index 70477f2..8ce0d6f 100644
--- a/Foxnouns.Backend/Database/DatabaseContext.cs
+++ b/Foxnouns.Backend/Database/DatabaseContext.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public class DatabaseContext : DbContext
     {
         var connString = new NpgsqlConnectionStringBuilder(config.Database.Url)
         {
-            Pooling = config.Database.EnablePooling ?? true,
             Timeout = config.Database.Timeout ?? 5,
             MaxPoolSize = config.Database.MaxPoolSize ?? 50,
             MinPoolSize = 0,
diff --git a/Foxnouns.Backend/config.example.ini b/Foxnouns.Backend/config.example.ini
index 7522cba..941c25c 100644
--- a/Foxnouns.Backend/config.example.ini
+++ b/Foxnouns.Backend/config.example.ini
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ MetricsPort = 5001
 [Database]
 ; The database URL in ADO.NET format.
 Url = "Host=localhost;Database=foxnouns_net;Username=pronouns;Password=pronouns"
-; Whether to enable connection pooling. This should be turned off if using pgbouncer. Defaults to true.
-EnablePooling = true
 ; The timeout for opening new connections. Defaults to 5.
 Timeout = 5
 ; The maximum number of open connections. Defaults to 50.
diff --git a/rate/handler.go b/rate/handler.go
index 7ab0b59..5cbfff3 100644
--- a/rate/handler.go
+++ b/rate/handler.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ type Handler struct {
 	Port        int    `json:"port"`
 	ProxyTarget string `json:"proxy_target"`
 	Debug       bool   `json:"debug"`
-	PoweredBy   string `json:"powered_by"`
 
 	limiter *Limiter
 	proxy   *httputil.ReverseProxy
@@ -33,10 +32,6 @@ type Handler struct {
 }
 
 func (hn *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	if hn.PoweredBy != "" {
-		w.Header().Set("X-Powered-By", hn.PoweredBy)
-	}
-
 	// all public api endpoints are prefixed with this
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/api/v2") {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
diff --git a/rate/proxy-config.example.json b/rate/proxy-config.example.json
index 427acef..1d2d6af 100644
--- a/rate/proxy-config.example.json
+++ b/rate/proxy-config.example.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
     "port": 5003,
     "proxy_target": "http://localhost:5000",
-    "debug": true,
-    "powered_by": "5 gay rats"
+    "debug": true
 }