diff --git a/crates/autopilot/src/arguments.rs b/crates/autopilot/src/arguments.rs
index 6174b51c97..f851f0f373 100644
--- a/crates/autopilot/src/arguments.rs
+++ b/crates/autopilot/src/arguments.rs
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ pub struct Arguments {
     #[clap(long, env, default_value = "postgresql://")]
     pub db_write_url: Url,
 
-    /// Url of the Postgres database replica. By default it's the same as
-    /// db_write_url
-    #[clap(long, env)]
-    pub db_read_url: Option<Url>,
-
     /// The number of order events to insert in a single batch.
     #[clap(long, env, default_value = "500")]
     pub insert_batch_size: NonZeroUsize,
@@ -389,7 +384,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Arguments {
             order_events_cleanup_interval,
             order_events_cleanup_threshold,
             db_write_url,
-            db_read_url,
             insert_batch_size,
             native_price_estimation_results_required,
             max_settlement_transaction_wait,
@@ -417,7 +411,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Arguments {
         writeln!(f, "ethflow_indexing_start: {ethflow_indexing_start:?}")?;
         writeln!(f, "metrics_address: {metrics_address}")?;
         display_secret_option(f, "db_write_url", Some(&db_write_url))?;
-        display_secret_option(f, "db_read_url", db_read_url.as_ref())?;
         writeln!(f, "skip_event_sync: {skip_event_sync}")?;
         writeln!(f, "allowed_tokens: {allowed_tokens:?}")?;
         writeln!(f, "unsupported_tokens: {unsupported_tokens:?}")?;
diff --git a/crates/autopilot/src/database/mod.rs b/crates/autopilot/src/database/mod.rs
index 38bd9a50aa..5f37629277 100644
--- a/crates/autopilot/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/autopilot/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ pub fn run_database_metrics_work(db: Postgres) {
     let span = tracing::info_span!("database_metrics");
     // Spawn the task for updating large table statistics
     tokio::spawn(update_large_tables_stats(db.clone()).instrument(span.clone()));
-
     // Spawn the task for database metrics
     tokio::task::spawn(database_metrics(db).instrument(span));
 }
diff --git a/crates/autopilot/src/run.rs b/crates/autopilot/src/run.rs
index 25a21e66a8..5823554e7b 100644
--- a/crates/autopilot/src/run.rs
+++ b/crates/autopilot/src/run.rs
@@ -173,17 +173,9 @@ pub async fn run(args: Arguments, shutdown_controller: ShutdownController) {
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
-    let db_read = if let Some(db_read_url) = args.db_read_url
-        && args.db_write_url != db_read_url
-    {
-        Postgres::new(db_read_url.as_str(), args.insert_batch_size)
-            .await
-            .expect("failed to create read replica database")
-    } else {
-        db_write.clone()
-    };
-
-    crate::database::run_database_metrics_work(db_read.clone());
+    // If the DB is in read-only mode, running ANALYZE is not possible and will
+    // trigger and error https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/hot-standby.html
+    crate::database::run_database_metrics_work(db_write.clone());
 
     let http_factory = HttpClientFactory::new(&args.http_client);
     let web3 = shared::ethrpc::web3(
diff --git a/crates/e2e/src/setup/services.rs b/crates/e2e/src/setup/services.rs
index 3930a37d47..6642297a85 100644
--- a/crates/e2e/src/setup/services.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e/src/setup/services.rs
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ impl<'a> Services<'a> {
                 "--hooks-contract-address={:?}",
                 self.contracts.hooks.address()
             ),
-            "--db-read-url".to_string(),
-            LOCAL_READ_ONLY_DB_URL.clone(),
         ]
         .into_iter()
     }
@@ -236,6 +234,8 @@ impl<'a> Services<'a> {
             "orderbook".to_string(),
             "--quote-timeout=10s".to_string(),
             "--quote-verification=enforce-when-possible".to_string(),
+            "--db-read-url".to_string(),
+            LOCAL_READ_ONLY_DB_URL.clone(),
         ]
         .into_iter()
         .chain(self.api_autopilot_solver_arguments())