diff --git a/launch b/launch
index 220cccc..0a87bd6 100755
--- a/launch
+++ b/launch
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ unset DJANGO_SECRET_KEY TAIGA_DB_PASSWORD
 chown -Rh $USER:$GROUP $DATA/media $DATA/taiga-back/taiga/locale $DATA/logs
 
 # Make sure the PostgreSQL database is up and ready
-while ! ping -c 1 -W 1 $TAIGA_DB_HOST >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-  echo "Waiting for $TAIGA_DB_HOST to be Up ..."
-  sleep 1
-done
-
 while ! timeout 1 bash -c 'cat < /dev/null > /dev/tcp/$TAIGA_DB_HOST/$TAIGA_DB_PORT' >/dev/null 2>&1; do
   echo "Waiting for $TAIGA_DB_HOST:$TAIGA_DB_PORT to be Ready ..."
   sleep 1