diff --git a/docker/conf/lister.yml b/docker/conf/lister.yml
--- a/docker/conf/lister.yml
+++ b/docker/conf/lister.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-storage:
-  cls: remote
-  url: http://swh-storage:5002/
-
 scheduler:
   cls: remote
   url: http://swh-scheduler:5008/
 
-lister:
-  cls: local
-  args:
-    db: postgresql://postgres@swh-listers-db/swh-listers
-
 celery:
   task_broker: amqp://guest:guest@amqp//
   task_queues:
@@ -34,7 +25,6 @@
     - swh.lister.npm.tasks.NpmListerTask
     - swh.lister.launchpad.tasks.IncrementalLaunchpadLister
     - swh.lister.launchpad.tasks.FullLaunchpadLister
-    - swh.lister.launchpad.tasks.NewLaunchpadLister
     - swh.lister.packagist.tasks.PackagistListerTask
     - swh.lister.phabricator.tasks.FullPhabricatorLister
     - swh.lister.phabricator.tasks.IncrementalPhabricatorLister
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -314,17 +314,11 @@
 
 # Lister Celery workers
 
-  swh-listers-db:
-    image: postgres:12
-    env_file:
-      - ./env/listers-db.env
-
   swh-lister:
     image: swh/stack
     build: ./
     env_file:
       - ./env/common_python.env
-      - ./env/listers-db.env
       - ./env/listers.env
       - ./env/workers.env
     user: swh
@@ -332,10 +326,8 @@
       SWH_WORKER_INSTANCE: listers
       SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME: /lister.yml
     depends_on:
-      - swh-listers-db
       - swh-scheduler
       - swh-scheduler-runner
-      - swh-storage
       - amqp
     entrypoint: /entrypoint.sh
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker/env/listers-db.env b/docker/env/listers-db.env
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/docker/env/listers-db.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=testpassword
-POSTGRES_DB=swh-listers
diff --git a/docker/env/listers.env b/docker/env/listers.env
--- a/docker/env/listers.env
+++ b/docker/env/listers.env
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-PGHOST=swh-listers-db
-PGUSER=postgres
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh
--- a/docker/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,20 +5,11 @@
 source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pyutils.sh
 setup_pip
 
-source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pgsql.sh
-setup_pgsql
-
 case "$1" in
     "shell")
         exec bash -i
         ;;
     *)
-        wait_pgsql ${POSTGRES_DB}
-
-        echo Setup ${POSTGRES_DB} database for ${SWH_WORKER_INSTANCE}
-
-        echo Initialize database
-        swh lister -C ${SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME} db-init
 
         echo Register task types in scheduler database
         wait-for-it swh-scheduler:5008 -s --timeout=0