diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 25b34eb..5e2907b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -244,14 +244,7 @@ jobs:
       IMAGE_TAG:            ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.image_tag }}
       PROJECT_NAME:         ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}
       NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.next_public_url }}
-      
-      # Secrets mapping (Database & CMS)
-      PAYLOAD_SECRET:          ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_PAYLOAD_SECRET) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_PAYLOAD_SECRET) || secrets.PAYLOAD_SECRET || secrets.MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN || secrets.DIRECTUS_SECRET || vars.PAYLOAD_SECRET || 'you-need-to-set-a-payload-secret' }}
-      DATABASE_URI:            ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DATABASE_URI) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DATABASE_URI) || secrets.DATABASE_URI || vars.DATABASE_URI }}
-      POSTGRES_DB:             ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_DB || vars.POSTGRES_DB || 'payload' }}
-      POSTGRES_USER:           ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_USER || vars.POSTGRES_USER || 'directus' }}
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD:       ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_POSTGRES_PASSWORD) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_POSTGRES_PASSWORD) || secrets.POSTGRES_PASSWORD || vars.POSTGRES_PASSWORD || 'directus' }}
-
+      MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN:    ${{ secrets.MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}
       
       # Secrets mapping (Mail)
       MAIL_HOST:               ${{ secrets.SMTP_HOST || vars.SMTP_HOST }}
@@ -309,13 +302,6 @@ jobs:
           PROJECT_COLOR=$PROJECT_COLOR
           LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL
           
-          # Database & Payload
-          DATABASE_URI=\${DATABASE_URI:-postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@mb-grid-db:5432/$POSTGRES_DB}
-          PAYLOAD_SECRET=${PAYLOAD_SECRET:-you-need-to-set-a-payload-secret}
-          POSTGRES_DB=$POSTGRES_DB
-          POSTGRES_USER=$POSTGRES_USER
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD
-          
           # Mail
           MAIL_HOST=$MAIL_HOST
           MAIL_PORT=$MAIL_PORT
@@ -364,28 +350,6 @@ jobs:
           ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "cd $SITE_DIR && docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' pull"
           ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "cd $SITE_DIR && docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' up -d --remove-orphans"
           
-          # Apply Payload Migrations using the target app container's programmatic endpoint
-          ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "cd $SITE_DIR && echo '→ Waiting for DB and Running Payload Migrations...' && \
-            for i in {1..15}; do \
-              echo \"Attempt \$i...\"; \
-              docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' exec -T mb-grid-app sh -c 'curl -s -i -X POST -H \"Authorization: Bearer \$PAYLOAD_SECRET\" http://localhost:3000/api/payload/migrate' > /tmp/migrate_res 2>&1; \
-              if grep -q \"200 OK\" /tmp/migrate_res; then \
-                echo \"✅ Migrations successful!\"; \
-                cat /tmp/migrate_res; \
-                break; \
-              else \
-                echo \"❌ Attempt \$i failed. Response:\"; \
-                cat /tmp/migrate_res; \
-                if [ \$i -eq 15 ]; then \
-                  echo \"❌ Migration failed after 15 attempts! Dumping app logs...\"; \
-                  docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' logs --tail 100 mb-grid-app; \
-                  exit 1; \
-                fi; \
-                echo \"⏳ Retrying in 5s...\"; \
-                sleep 5; \
-              fi; \
-            done"
-          
           ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "docker system prune -f --filter 'until=24h'"
 
       - name: 🧹 Post-Deploy Cleanup (Runner)
diff --git a/scripts/backup-db.sh b/scripts/backup-db.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d315fcf..0000000
--- a/scripts/backup-db.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Payload CMS Database Backup
-# Creates a timestamped pg_dump of the Payload Postgres database.
-# Usage: npm run backup:db
-# ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Load environment variables
-if [ -f .env ]; then
-  set -a; source .env; set +a
-fi
-
-# Fallback for local development if not in .env
-DB_NAME="${POSTGRES_DB:-payload}"
-DB_USER="${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}"
-# For production, we need the container name. 
-# We'll use the PROJECT_NAME to find it if possible, otherwise use a default.
-PROJECT_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME:-mb-grid-solutions-production}"
-DB_CONTAINER="${DB_CONTAINER:-${PROJECT_NAME}-mb-grid-db-1}"
-BACKUP_DIR="./backups"
-TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
-BACKUP_FILE="${BACKUP_DIR}/payload_${TIMESTAMP}.sql.gz"
-
-# Ensure backup directory exists
-mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
-
-# Check if container is running
-if ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "$DB_CONTAINER"; then
-  echo "❌ Database container '$DB_CONTAINER' is not running."
-  echo "   Check your docker-compose status."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "📦 Backing up Payload database..."
-echo "   Container: $DB_CONTAINER"
-echo "   Database:  $DB_NAME"
-echo "   Output:    $BACKUP_FILE"
-
-# Run pg_dump inside the container and compress
-# We use directus as user for now if we haven't fully switched to postgres user in all environments
-# But the script should be consistent with the environment.
-docker exec "$DB_CONTAINER" pg_dump -U "$DB_USER" -d "$DB_NAME" --clean --if-exists | gzip > "$BACKUP_FILE"
-
-# Show result
-SIZE=$(du -h "$BACKUP_FILE" | cut -f1)
-echo ""
-echo "✅ Backup complete: $BACKUP_FILE ($SIZE)"
-echo ""
-
-# Show existing backups
-echo "📋 Available backups:"
-ls -lh "$BACKUP_DIR"/*.sql.gz 2>/dev/null | awk '{print "   " $NF " (" $5 ")"}'