diff --git a/spec/features.spec.js b/spec/features.spec.js
index ec23afe2..23b43c0b 100644
--- a/spec/features.spec.js
+++ b/spec/features.spec.js
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ describe('features', () => {
     expect(data).toBeDefined();
     expect(data.features).toBeDefined();
     expect(data.parseServerVersion).toBeDefined();
-    expect(data.database).toBeDefined();
-    expect(['MongoDB', 'PostgreSQL']).toContain(data.database.engine);
   });
 
   it('requires the master key to get features', async done => {
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
index d8ecc3c6..a289ccee 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ export class MongoStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
   client: MongoClient;
   _maxTimeMS: ?number;
   canSortOnJoinTables: boolean;
-  databaseVersion: string;
-  engine: string;
 
   constructor({
     uri = defaults.DefaultMongoURI,
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@ export class MongoStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
     this._collectionPrefix = collectionPrefix;
     this._mongoOptions = mongoOptions;
     this._mongoOptions.useNewUrlParser = true;
-    this.engine = 'MongoDB';
 
     // MaxTimeMS is not a global MongoDB client option, it is applied per operation.
     this._maxTimeMS = mongoOptions.maxTimeMS;
@@ -962,15 +959,7 @@ export class MongoStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
   }
 
   performInitialization(): Promise<void> {
-    // databaseVersion
-    return this.connect()
-      .then(() => {
-        const adminDb = this.database.admin();
-        return adminDb.serverStatus();
-      })
-      .then(status => {
-        this.databaseVersion = status.version;
-      });
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
   createIndex(className: string, index: any) {
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
index ef7faead..5ba3a005 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
@@ -778,8 +778,6 @@ const buildWhereClause = ({ schema, query, index }): WhereClause => {
 
 export class PostgresStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
   canSortOnJoinTables: boolean;
-  databaseVersion: string;
-  engine: string;
 
   // Private
   _collectionPrefix: string;
@@ -792,7 +790,6 @@ export class PostgresStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
     this._client = client;
     this._pgp = pgp;
     this.canSortOnJoinTables = false;
-    this.engine = 'PostgreSQL';
   }
 
   handleShutdown() {
@@ -2279,12 +2276,6 @@ export class PostgresStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
       })
       .then(data => {
         debug(`initializationDone in ${data.duration}`);
-        // databaseVersion
-        return this._client.query('SHOW server_version');
-      })
-      .then(versionData => {
-        // versionData is like [ { server_version: '11.3' } ]
-        this.databaseVersion = versionData[0].server_version;
       })
       .catch(error => {
         /* eslint-disable no-console */
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/StorageAdapter.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/StorageAdapter.js
index b1ba9891..31afe569 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/StorageAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/StorageAdapter.js
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ export type FullQueryOptions = QueryOptions & UpdateQueryOptions;
 
 export interface StorageAdapter {
   canSortOnJoinTables: boolean;
-  databaseVersion: string;
-  engine: string;
 
   classExists(className: string): Promise<boolean>;
   setClassLevelPermissions(className: string, clps: any): Promise<void>;
diff --git a/src/Routers/FeaturesRouter.js b/src/Routers/FeaturesRouter.js
index 443c142b..c0cc56d7 100644
--- a/src/Routers/FeaturesRouter.js
+++ b/src/Routers/FeaturesRouter.js
@@ -52,15 +52,10 @@ export class FeaturesRouter extends PromiseRouter {
           },
         };
 
-        const dbAdapter = config.database.adapter;
         return {
           response: {
             features: features,
             parseServerVersion: version,
-            database: {
-              engine: dbAdapter.engine,
-              version: dbAdapter.databaseVersion,
-            },
           },
         };
       }