diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@
   secret_key: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::webapp::conf::secret_key')}"
   content_display_max_size: 1048576
   throttling: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::config::throttling')}"
-  production_db: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::webapp::production_db')}"
+  production_db: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::production_db')}"
   es_workers_index_url: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::config::es_workers_index_url')}"
   deposit:
     private_api_url: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::webapp::deposit::private::url')}"
diff --git a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
@@ -327,3 +327,10 @@
 swh::deploy::vault::e2e::webapp: "https://webapp.staging.swh.network"
 
 swh::config::keycloak::realm_name: SoftwareHeritageStaging
+
+swh::deploy::webapp::production_db:
+  host: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::db::host')}"
+  port: "%{alias('swh::deploy::db::pgbouncer::port')}"
+  name: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::db::name')}"
+  user: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::db::user')}"
+  password: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::db::password')}"
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
   # Note that it's required by the ::profile::swh::deploy::webapp::icinga_checks
   $vhost_ssl_port = lookup('apache::https_port')
 
-  $production_db_dir = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::production_db_dir')
-  $production_db_file = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::production_db')
-
   $locked_endpoints = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::locked_endpoints', Array, 'unique')
 
   $endpoint_directories = $locked_endpoints.map |$endpoint| {
@@ -105,20 +102,6 @@
     include ::profile::swh::deploy::storage_cassandra
   }
 
-  file {$production_db_dir:
-    ensure => directory,
-    owner  => $user,
-    group  => $group,
-    mode   => '0755',
-  }
-
-  file {$production_db_file:
-    ensure => present,
-    owner  => $user,
-    group  => $group,
-    mode   => '0664',
-  }
-
   $sentry_dsn = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::sentry_dsn', Optional[String], 'first', undef)
   $sentry_environment = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::sentry_environment', Optional[String], 'first', undef)
   $sentry_swh_package = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::sentry_swh_package', Optional[String], 'first', undef)