diff --git a/roles/docker-mailu/templates/mailu.env.j2 b/roles/docker-mailu/templates/mailu.env.j2
index 6192ac87..b0d8372d 100644
--- a/roles/docker-mailu/templates/mailu.env.j2
+++ b/roles/docker-mailu/templates/mailu.env.j2
@@ -142,16 +142,7 @@ LOG_LEVEL=WARNING
 ###################################
 # Database settings
 ###################################
-DB_FLAVOR=mysql
-DB_USER={{database_username}}
-DB_PW={{database_password}}
-DB_HOST={{database_host}}:3306
-DB_NAME={{database_name}}
-ROUNDCUBE_DB_FLAVOR=mysql
-ROUNDCUBE_DB_USER={{database_username}}
-ROUNDCUBE_DB_PW={{database_password}}
-ROUNDCUBE_DB_NAME={{database_name}}
-ROUNDCUBE_DB_HOST={{database_host}}:3306
-
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI_ROUNDCUBE=mysql://{{database_username}}:{{database_password}}@{{database_host}}/{{database_name}}?collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=mysql+mysqlconnector://{{database_username}}:{{database_password}}@{{database_host}}/{{database_name}}?collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
 
 API_TOKEN={{mailu_api_token}}
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