diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/appsettings.json b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/appsettings.json
index e9d34dce46..29be35e386 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/appsettings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "umbracoDbDSN": "Data Source=|DataDirectory|\\Umbraco.sdf;Flush Interval=1;"
+    "umbracoDbDSN": ""
   },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}