diff --git a/lib/private/Server.php b/lib/private/Server.php
index 533c2c2233..c79f16567d 100644
--- a/lib/private/Server.php
+++ b/lib/private/Server.php
@@ -1081,7 +1081,6 @@ class Server extends ServerContainer implements IServerContainer {
 		$this->registerService('SettingsManager', function (Server $c) {
 			$manager = new \OC\Settings\Manager(
 				$c->getLogger(),
-				$c->getDatabaseConnection(),
 				$c->getL10N('lib'),
 				$c->getURLGenerator(),
 				$c
diff --git a/lib/private/Settings/Manager.php b/lib/private/Settings/Manager.php
index e3cbc1b672..48883582ef 100644
--- a/lib/private/Settings/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/Settings/Manager.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 namespace OC\Settings;
 
 use OCP\AppFramework\QueryException;
-use OCP\IDBConnection;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\ILogger;
 use OCP\IServerContainer;
@@ -44,9 +43,6 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 	/** @var ILogger */
 	private $log;
 
-	/** @var IDBConnection */
-	private $dbc;
-
 	/** @var IL10N */
 	private $l;
 
@@ -58,13 +54,11 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 
 	public function __construct(
 		ILogger $log,
-		IDBConnection $dbc,
 		IL10N $l10n,
 		IURLGenerator $url,
 		IServerContainer $container
 	) {
 		$this->log = $log;
-		$this->dbc = $dbc;
 		$this->l = $l10n;
 		$this->url = $url;
 		$this->container = $container;
diff --git a/tests/lib/Settings/ManagerTest.php b/tests/lib/Settings/ManagerTest.php
index af472875fa..b82fb5bc3c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Settings/ManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Settings/ManagerTest.php
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ class ManagerTest extends TestCase {
 	/** @var ILogger|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
 	private $logger;
 	/** @var IDBConnection|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
-	private $dbConnection;
-	/** @var IL10N|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
 	private $l10n;
 	/** @var IURLGenerator|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
 	private $url;
@@ -54,14 +52,12 @@ class ManagerTest extends TestCase {
 		parent::setUp();
 
 		$this->logger = $this->createMock(ILogger::class);
-		$this->dbConnection = $this->createMock(IDBConnection::class);
 		$this->l10n = $this->createMock(IL10N::class);
 		$this->url = $this->createMock(IURLGenerator::class);
 		$this->container = $this->createMock(IServerContainer::class);
 
 		$this->manager = new Manager(
 			$this->logger,
-			$this->dbConnection,
 			$this->l10n,
 			$this->url,
 			$this->container