diff --git a/bin/heroku b/bin/heroku
index c9642c20d..c5ca1f8a6 100755
--- a/bin/heroku
+++ b/bin/heroku
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'config':          path.resolve('config.json'),
     'migrations-path': path.resolve('lib', 'migrations'),
     'models-path':     path.resolve('lib', 'models'),
-    'url':             process.env.DATABASE_URL,
-    'dialect':         process.env.DB_TYPE
+    'url':             process.env.DATABASE_URL
 }
 
 EOF