diff --git a/components/hydra-sql/kustomization.yaml b/components/hydra-sql/kustomization.yaml
index 07ae19d..f97b42c 100644
--- a/components/hydra-sql/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/hydra-sql/kustomization.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - HASH_ALGO_LEGACY="sha256, bcrypt"
   - SECURITY_PATTERN="password,salt,pepper"
   - DSN_REMOTE_DATABASE="pgsql:host='postgres';port=5432;dbname=lasql"
-
-secretGenerator:
-- name: login-db
-  literals:
-  - DB_USER=""
-  - DB_PASSWORD=""
-  - PEPPER=""
+  - DB_USER="makeMeASecret"
+  - DB_PASSWORD="makeMeASecret"
+  - PEPPER="MakeMeABigSecret"
diff --git a/components/hydra-sql/resources/hydra-sql-deployment.yaml b/components/hydra-sql/resources/hydra-sql-deployment.yaml
index 558119c..5d4d356 100644
--- a/components/hydra-sql/resources/hydra-sql-deployment.yaml
+++ b/components/hydra-sql/resources/hydra-sql-deployment.yaml
@@ -22,23 +22,6 @@ spec:
         envFrom:
         - configMapRef:
             name: hydra-sql-env
-        - secret
-        env:
-        - name: DB_USER
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              name: login-db
-              key: DB_USER
-        - name: DB_PASSWORD
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              name: login-db
-              key: DB_PASSWORD
-        - name: PEPPER
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              name: login-db
-              key: PEPPER
         ports:
         - containerPort: 80
         resources: {}