diff --git a/util/DbSeederUtility/DbSeederUtility.csproj b/util/DbSeederUtility/DbSeederUtility.csproj
index 1b31551201..30aec53768 100644
--- a/util/DbSeederUtility/DbSeederUtility.csproj
+++ b/util/DbSeederUtility/DbSeederUtility.csproj
@@ -21,10 +21,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="8.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="..\Seeder\appsettings.json" Link="appsettings.json">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </None>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project> 
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diff --git a/util/Seeder/appsettings.json b/util/Seeder/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8976344175..0000000000
--- a/util/Seeder/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "globalSettings": {
-    "selfHosted": true,
-    "databaseProvider": "postgres",
-    "sqlServer": {
-      "connectionString": "Server=localhost;Database=vault_dev;User Id=SA;Password=Th3P455word?;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=True"
-    },
-    "postgreSql": {
-      "connectionString": "Host=localhost;Username=postgres;Password=Th3P455word?;Database=vault_dev;Include Error Detail=true"
-    },
-    "mysql": {
-      "connectionString": "server=localhost;uid=root;pwd=Th3P455word?;database=vault_dev"
-    },
-    "sqlite": {
-      "connectionString": "Data Source=./bitwarden_test.sqlite"
-    }
-  }
-} 
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