diff --git a/deploy-codeinsights-db.sh b/deploy-codeinsights-db.sh
index 0effee8d3..4f1555a7b 100755
--- a/deploy-codeinsights-db.sh
+++ b/deploy-codeinsights-db.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ docker run --detach \
     --cpus=4 \
     --memory=2g \
     -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password \
-    -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata \
     -v $VOLUME:/var/lib/postgresql/data/ \
     index.docker.io/sourcegraph/codeinsights-db:insiders@sha256:f985af2fef860cc48be40ded864df025b8794b02b86e66cbc6c55bfe3c418831
 
diff --git a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index e084064d1..d263fa1b6 100644
--- a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
     volumes:
-      - "codeinsights-db:/data/"
+      - "codeinsights-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data/"
     networks:
       - sourcegraph
     restart: always