diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42b0920a..39a67220 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -430,16 +430,7 @@ With the following commands it is possible to get a proper state of the database
 
 ## Initial Setup up the RDS database and the user
 
-Right now the initial setup on the RDS database for the stagings *dev*, *int* and *prod* can be obtained
-with the helper script `scripts/setup_rds_db.sh`. The credentials come from `ssm`. To
-setup the RDS database on int, run following command (the PROFILE variable denotes in what account the
-parameters are stored):
-
-```bash
-    summon -p `ssm` -D APP_ENV=int -D PROFILE=swisstopo-bgdi-dev scripts/setup_rds_db.sh
-```
-
-**Note:** The script won't delete the existing database.
+The RDS database and user are managed by terraform. See [the service-stac module for int](https://github.com/geoadmin/infra-terraform-bgdi/blob/master/tf/aws/swisstopo-bgdi/systems-int/data/service-stac/db.tf) for example.
 
 ## Deploying the project and continuous integration
 
diff --git a/scripts/setup_rds_db.sh b/scripts/setup_rds_db.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 194dc75d..00000000
--- a/scripts/setup_rds_db.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -u
-
-MY_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
-# The following variables are used from ENV which
-# is populated by summon with the following command
-# summon -p `which summon-gopass` -D APP_ENV=int scripts/setup_rds_db.sh
-# where the environment is set by the APP_ENV variable
-
-# create db
-SQL_CREATE_DB="$(envsubst < scripts/sql/create_db.sql)"
-
-# create user
-SQL_CREATE_USER="$(envsubst < scripts/sql/create_user.sql)"
-
-create_user(){
-    echo "create user"
-    PGPASSWORD=${DB_SUPER_PW} psql -qAt -X -U ${DB_SUPER_USER} -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -d template1 -c "${SQL_CREATE_USER}"
-}
-
-create_db(){
-    echo "create db"
-    if [ "$(PGPASSWORD=${DB_SUPER_PW} psql -U ${DB_SUPER_USER} -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -d template1 -tAc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname='${DB_NAME}'" )" = '1' ]; then
-      echo "db ${DB_NAME} already exists"
-    else
-      PGPASSWORD=${DB_SUPER_PW} psql -qAt -X -U ${DB_SUPER_USER} -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -d template1 -c "${SQL_CREATE_DB}"
-    fi
-}
-
-grant_privileges(){
-    echo "grant privileges"
-    PGPASSWORD=${DB_SUPER_PW} psql -qAt -X -U ${DB_SUPER_USER} -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -d ${DB_NAME} -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${DB_NAME} to ${DB_USER}";
-}
-
-setup_postgis(){
-    echo "setup postgis"
-    PGPASSWORD=${DB_SUPER_PW} psql -qAt -X -U ${DB_SUPER_USER} -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -d ${DB_NAME} -f "${MY_DIR}/sql/install_postgis.sql"
-}
-
-echo "[$(date +"%F %T")] start"
-create_user
-create_db
-setup_postgis
-grant_privileges
-echo "[$(date +"%F %T")] end"
diff --git a/scripts/sql/create_db.sql b/scripts/sql/create_db.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index a518c0cb..00000000
--- a/scripts/sql/create_db.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-CREATE DATABASE ${DB_NAME}
-    ENCODING = 'UTF8'
-    LC_COLLATE = 'en_US.UTF-8'
-    LC_CTYPE = 'en_US.UTF-8'
-    CONNECTION LIMIT -1
-    TEMPLATE template1;
diff --git a/scripts/sql/create_user.sql b/scripts/sql/create_user.sql
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index 22ae08bc..00000000
--- a/scripts/sql/create_user.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-BEGIN;
-DO $$
-BEGIN
-CREATE ROLE ${DB_USER} WITH
-    NOSUPERUSER INHERIT NOCREATEROLE NOCREATEDB LOGIN NOREPLICATION NOBYPASSRLS 
-    PASSWORD '${DB_PW}' VALID UNTIL 'infinity';
-EXCEPTION WHEN DUPLICATE_OBJECT THEN
-  RAISE NOTICE 'not creating role ${DB_USER} -- it already exists';
-END
-$$;
-ALTER ROLE ${DB_USER}
-    SET log_statement TO 'all';
-COMMIT;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/sql/install_postgis.sql b/scripts/sql/install_postgis.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index d358cff8..00000000
--- a/scripts/sql/install_postgis.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-begin;
--- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/de_de/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.html#Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.PostGIS
-CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis;
-CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;
-alter schema topology owner to rds_superuser;
-
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION exec(text) returns text language plpgsql volatile AS $f$ BEGIN EXECUTE $1; RETURN $1; END; $f$;
-
-SELECT exec('ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(s.nspname) || '.' || quote_ident(s.relname) || ' OWNER TO rds_superuser;')
-  FROM (
-    SELECT nspname, relname
-    FROM pg_class c JOIN pg_namespace n ON (c.relnamespace = n.oid)
-    WHERE nspname in ('tiger','topology') AND
-    relkind IN ('r','S','v') ORDER BY relkind = 'S')
-s;
-
-commit;
diff --git a/scripts/sql/samples/load_random_data.sql b/scripts/sql/load_random_data.sql
similarity index 94%
rename from scripts/sql/samples/load_random_data.sql
rename to scripts/sql/load_random_data.sql
index cd0f4590..be27bdb3 100644
--- a/scripts/sql/samples/load_random_data.sql
+++ b/scripts/sql/load_random_data.sql
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ this query will load random data into:
 you can set the number of collections and the number of items for each collection.
 see inline comments
 
+NOTE #########
+As of 2025, this script is outdated. Several new model fields have been added.
+If you want to use this, please update the script beforehand.
+
 */
 
 
diff --git a/secrets.yml b/secrets.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d1bb5ce..00000000
--- a/secrets.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-DB_NAME: !var /amazon-rds/bgdi-$APP_ENV/service-stac/db_name --profile $PROFILE
-DB_USER: !var /amazon-rds/bgdi-$APP_ENV/service-stac/user --profile $PROFILE
-DB_PW: !var /amazon-rds/bgdi-$APP_ENV/service-stac/password --profile $PROFILE
-
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: !var /service-stac/$APP_ENV/aws_access_key_id --profile $PROFILE
-AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: !var /service-stac/$APP_ENV/aws_secret_access_key --profile $PROFILE
-
-DB_HOST: !var /amazon-rds/bgdi-$APP_ENV/host/domain --profile $PROFILE
-DB_PORT: !var /amazon-rds/bgdi-$APP_ENV/host/port --profile $PROFILE
-DB_SUPER_USER: !var /amazon-rds/bgdi-$APP_ENV/admin/user --profile $PROFILE
-DB_SUPER_PW: !var /amazon-rds/bgdi-$APP_ENV/admin/password --profile $PROFILE