diff --git a/cmd/icinga-kubernetes/main.go b/cmd/icinga-kubernetes/main.go
index a0c0809c..ccba4f5d 100644
--- a/cmd/icinga-kubernetes/main.go
+++ b/cmd/icinga-kubernetes/main.go
@@ -66,12 +66,8 @@ func main() {
 		klog.Fatal(errors.Wrap(err, "can't create configuration"))
 	}
 
-	d, err := database.FromYAMLFile(configLocation)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatal(err)
-	}
 	dbLog := log.WithName("database")
-	db, err := database.NewFromConfig(d, dbLog)
+	db, err := database.NewFromConfig(&cfg.Database, dbLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -79,7 +75,7 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	hasSchema, err := dbHasSchema(db, d.Database)
+	hasSchema, err := dbHasSchema(db, cfg.Database.Database)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/database/config.go b/pkg/database/config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b5012ab..00000000
--- a/pkg/database/config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package database
-
-import (
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-// Config defines database client configuration.
-type Config struct {
-	Type     string  `yaml:"type" default:"mysql"`
-	Host     string  `yaml:"host"`
-	Port     int     `yaml:"port"`
-	Database string  `yaml:"database"`
-	User     string  `yaml:"user"`
-	Password string  `yaml:"password"`
-	Options  Options `yaml:"options"`
-}
-
-// Validate checks constraints in the supplied database configuration and returns an error if they are violated.
-func (c *Config) Validate() error {
-	switch c.Type {
-	case "mysql", "pgsql":
-	default:
-		return unknownDbType(c.Type)
-	}
-
-	if c.Host == "" {
-		return errors.New("database host missing")
-	}
-
-	if c.User == "" {
-		return errors.New("database user missing")
-	}
-
-	if c.Database == "" {
-		return errors.New("database name missing")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func unknownDbType(t string) error {
-	return errors.Errorf(`unknown database type %q, must be one of: "mysql", "pgsql"`, t)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/database/database.go b/pkg/database/database.go
index 4afd321d..7e87d3ef 100644
--- a/pkg/database/database.go
+++ b/pkg/database/database.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var registerDriversOnce sync.Once
 type Database struct {
 	*sqlx.DB
 
-	Options Options
+	Options database.Options
 
 	log logr.Logger
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type Database struct {
 }
 
 // NewFromConfig returns a new Database connection from the given Config.
-func NewFromConfig(c *Config, log logr.Logger) (*Database, error) {
+func NewFromConfig(c *database.Config, log logr.Logger) (*Database, error) {
 	registerDriversOnce.Do(func() {
 		RegisterDrivers(log)
 	})
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func NewFromConfig(c *Config, log logr.Logger) (*Database, error) {
 		uri.RawQuery = query.Encode()
 		dsn = uri.String()
 	default:
-		return nil, unknownDbType(c.Type)
+		return nil, errors.Errorf(`unknown database type %q, must be one of: "mysql", "pgsql"`, c.Type)
 	}
 
 	db, err := sqlx.Open("icinga-"+c.Type, dsn)
diff --git a/pkg/database/db.go b/pkg/database/db.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a658ec12..00000000
--- a/pkg/database/db.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package database
-
-import (
-	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
-	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"os"
-)
-
-func FromYAMLFile(file string) (*Config, error) {
-	f, err := os.Open(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "can't open YAML file "+file)
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	c := &struct {
-		Database Config `yaml:"database"`
-	}{}
-	decoder := yaml.NewDecoder(f)
-
-	if err := defaults.Set(c); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "can't set config defaults")
-	}
-
-	if err := decoder.Decode(c); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "can't parse YAML file "+file)
-	}
-
-	if err := c.Database.Validate(); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "invalid configuration")
-	}
-
-	return &c.Database, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/database/options.go b/pkg/database/options.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a47b971..00000000
--- a/pkg/database/options.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package database
-
-import "github.com/pkg/errors"
-
-// Options define user configurable database options.
-type Options struct {
-	// Maximum number of open connections to the database.
-	MaxConnections int `yaml:"max_connections" default:"16"`
-
-	// Maximum number of connections per table,
-	// regardless of what the connection is actually doing,
-	// e.g. INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE.
-	MaxConnectionsPerTable int `yaml:"max_connections_per_table" default:"8"`
-
-	// MaxPlaceholdersPerStatement defines the maximum number of placeholders in an
-	// INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE statement. Theoretically, MySQL can handle up to 2^16-1 placeholders,
-	// but this increases the execution time of queries and thus reduces the number of queries
-	// that can be executed in parallel in a given time.
-	// The default is 2^13, which in our tests showed the best performance in terms of execution time and parallelism.
-	MaxPlaceholdersPerStatement int `yaml:"max_placeholders_per_statement" default:"8192"`
-
-	// MaxRowsPerTransaction defines the maximum number of rows per transaction.
-	// The default is 2^13, which in our tests showed the best performance in terms of execution time and parallelism.
-	MaxRowsPerTransaction int `yaml:"max_rows_per_transaction" default:"8192"`
-}
-
-// Validate checks constraints in the supplied database options and returns an error if they are violated.
-func (o *Options) Validate() error {
-	if o.MaxConnections == 0 {
-		return errors.New("max_connections cannot be 0. Configure a value greater than zero, or use -1 for no connection limit")
-	}
-	if o.MaxConnectionsPerTable < 1 {
-		return errors.New("max_connections_per_table must be at least 1")
-	}
-	if o.MaxPlaceholdersPerStatement < 1 {
-		return errors.New("max_placeholders_per_statement must be at least 1")
-	}
-	if o.MaxRowsPerTransaction < 1 {
-		return errors.New("max_rows_per_transaction must be at least 1")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}