diff --git a/scripts/cc-metric-collector.service b/scripts/cc-metric-collector.service
index d40580c..9c2fd1e 100644
--- a/scripts/cc-metric-collector.service
+++ b/scripts/cc-metric-collector.service
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Description=ClusterCockpit metric collector
 Documentation=https://github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
-After=postgresql.service mariadb.service mysql.service
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/cc-metric-collector