diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 136a745..4f34879 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-[[package]]
-name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "0.7.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7404febffaa47dac81aa44dba71523c9d069b1bdc50a77db41195149e17f68e5"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -630,12 +621,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "17b02fc0ff9a9e4b35b3342880f48e896ebf69f2967921fe8646bf5b7125956a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13bd41f508810a131401606d54ac32a467c97172d74ba7662562ebba5ad07fa0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -913,21 +898,18 @@ checksum = "2439c63f3f6139d1b57529d16bc3b8bb855230c8efcc5d3a896c8bea7c3b1e84"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9251239e129e16308e70d853559389de218ac275b515068abc96829d05b948a"
+checksum = "322cf97724bea3ee221b78fe25ac9c46114ebb51747ad5babd51a2fc6a8235a8"
 dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "memchr",
  "regex-syntax",
- "thread_local",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.6.22"
+version = "0.6.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5eb417147ba9860a96cfe72a0b93bf88fee1744b5636ec99ab20c1aa9376581"
+checksum = "b28dfe3fe9badec5dbf0a79a9cccad2cfc2ab5484bdb3e44cbd1ae8b3ba2be06"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
@@ -1058,7 +1040,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "postgres-openssl",
  "rand",
  "rayon",
- "regex",
  "state-map",
  "string_cache",
 ]
@@ -1081,15 +1062,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thread_local"
-version = "1.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d8208a331e1cb318dd5bd76951d2b8fc48ca38a69f5f4e4af1b6a9f8c6236915"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "0.2.11"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0b8c5a0..0c9b491 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ postgres = "0.17.0"
 postgres-openssl = "0.3.0"
 rand = "0.7.2"
 rayon = "1.3.0"
-regex = "1.4.3"
 string_cache = "0.8.0"
 
 [dependencies.state-map]
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index e5871aa..0d05760 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use postgres::{fallible_iterator::FallibleIterator, Client};
 use openssl::ssl::{SslConnector, SslMethod, SslVerifyMode};
 use postgres_openssl::MakeTlsConnector;
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, thread_rng, Rng};
-use regex::Regex;
 use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::BTreeMap, fmt, iter};
 
 use super::StateGroupEntry;
@@ -31,16 +30,11 @@ pub fn get_data_from_db(
 ) -> BTreeMap<i64, StateGroupEntry> {
     let mut client : postgres::Client;
 
-    if db_url.contains("sslmode=") {
-        let mut builder = SslConnector::builder(SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
-        builder.set_verify(SslVerifyMode::NONE);
-        let connector = MakeTlsConnector::new(builder.build());
+    let mut builder = SslConnector::builder(SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
+    builder.set_verify(SslVerifyMode::NONE);
+    let connector = MakeTlsConnector::new(builder.build());
 
-        let re = Regex::new(r"(?:sslmode=[^&]+&|\??sslmode=[^&]+)").unwrap();
-        client = Client::connect(&re.replace(db_url, ""), connector).unwrap();
-    } else {
-        client = Client::connect(db_url, postgres::NoTls).unwrap();
-    }
+    client = Client::connect(db_url, connector).unwrap();
 
     let mut state_group_map = get_initial_data_from_db(&mut client, room_id, max_state_group);