diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/pagure-stg01.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/pagure-stg01.fedoraproject.org
index 827ab48f45..1cbba9d33b 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/pagure-stg01.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/pagure-stg01.fedoraproject.org
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ effective_cache_size: "6GB"
 
 ssh_hostnames:
 - stg.pagure.io
+
+# DB host:
+pagure_db_host: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/pagure01.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/pagure01.fedoraproject.org
index 8728ddb16b..b94b6e8932 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/pagure01.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/pagure01.fedoraproject.org
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ ssh_hostnames:
 sar_script: /usr/local/bin/pagure_sar.py
 sar_script_user: git
 sar_output_file: pagure.json
+
+# DB used:
+pagure_db_host: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
index d96aeada24..91ebbba9fa 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ sar_script: /usr/local/bin/pagure_sar.py
 sar_script_user: root
 sar_output_file: dist_git.json
 
+# DB used by pagure
+pagure_db_host: db01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index 0851c8453c..4e70c0146f 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_two_nic }}"
 
 # temp fix to get htis box working
 baseiptables: False
+
+# DB used by pagure
+pagure_db_host: db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index 0061d406d9..e5b2006c47 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ sar_script: /usr/local/bin/pagure_sar.py
 sar_script_user: root
 sar_output_file: dist_git.json
 
+# DB used by pagure
+pagure_db_host: db01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+
diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
index 79b8bc4163..7d306fbe74 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME='https'
 ### url to the database server:
 #DB_URL=mysql://user:pass@host/db_name
 #DB_URL=postgres://user:pass@host/db_name
-DB_URL = 'postgresql://{{ distgit_pagure_db_user }}:{{ distgit_pagure_db_pass }}@{{ distgit_pagure_db_host }}/{{ distgit_pagure_db_name }}'
+DB_URL = 'postgresql://{{ distgit_pagure_db_user }}:{{ distgit_pagure_db_pass }}@{{ pagure_db_host }}/{{ distgit_pagure_db_name }}'
 
 ### FAS groups of pagure admins
 ADMIN_GROUP = ['cvsadmin', 'sysadmin-main']
diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure_hook.cfg b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure_hook.cfg
index 74ce643049..ac87a1ed93 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure_hook.cfg
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure_hook.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 
 os.umask(0o002)
 
-DB_URL = 'postgresql://{{ distgit_pagure_db_ro_user }}:{{ distgit_pagure_db_ro_pass }}@{{ distgit_pagure_db_host }}/{{ distgit_pagure_db_name }}'
+DB_URL = 'postgresql://{{ distgit_pagure_db_ro_user }}:{{ distgit_pagure_db_ro_pass }}@{{ pagure_db_host }}/{{ distgit_pagure_db_name }}'
 
 {% include "pagure_shared.cfg" %}
 
diff --git a/roles/hosts/files/pagure-stg01.fedoraproject.org-hosts b/roles/hosts/files/pagure-stg01.fedoraproject.org-hosts
deleted file mode 100644
index f61e44f312..0000000000
--- a/roles/hosts/files/pagure-stg01.fedoraproject.org-hosts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
-::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
-127.0.0.1       db-pagure       db-pagure
diff --git a/roles/hosts/files/pagure01.fedoraproject.org-hosts b/roles/hosts/files/pagure01.fedoraproject.org-hosts
index aafff66e5d..a96ecf9c68 100644
--- a/roles/hosts/files/pagure01.fedoraproject.org-hosts
+++ b/roles/hosts/files/pagure01.fedoraproject.org-hosts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
 ::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
-127.0.0.1       db-pagure       db-pagure
 127.0.0.1       pagure.io
diff --git a/roles/hosts/files/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts b/roles/hosts/files/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
index 99771eb457..291fc7b791 100644
--- a/roles/hosts/files/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
+++ b/roles/hosts/files/pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
 ::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
 10.5.126.23 infrastructure.fedoraproject.org
-10.5.128.120       db-pagure       db-pagure
diff --git a/roles/hosts/files/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts b/roles/hosts/files/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
index a67a8ef763..291fc7b791 100644
--- a/roles/hosts/files/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
+++ b/roles/hosts/files/pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org-hosts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
 ::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
 10.5.126.23 infrastructure.fedoraproject.org
-10.5.126.71       db-pagure       db-pagure