diff --git a/db/init.sql b/db/init.sql
index 60ba331..604081e 100644
--- a/db/init.sql
+++ b/db/init.sql
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CREATE TABLE events
     event_version  text                         NOT NULL,
     payload        json                         NOT NULL,
     metadata       json                         NOT NULL,
-    timestamp      timestamp                    NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     CONSTRAINT events_pk PRIMARY KEY (aggregate_type, aggregate_id, sequence)
 );
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ CREATE TABLE snapshots
     last_sequence    bigint CHECK (last_sequence >= 0)    NOT NULL,
     current_snapshot bigint CHECK (current_snapshot >= 0) NOT NULL,
     payload          json                                 NOT NULL,
-    timestamp        timestamp                            NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     CONSTRAINT snapshots_pk PRIMARY KEY (aggregate_type, aggregate_id)
 );
 
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ CREATE TABLE test_view
     CONSTRAINT test_view_pk PRIMARY KEY (view_id)
 );
 
-INSERT INTO events (aggregate_type, aggregate_id, sequence, event_type, event_version, payload, metadata, timestamp)
+INSERT INTO events (aggregate_type, aggregate_id, sequence, event_type, event_version, payload, metadata)
 VALUES ('Customer', 'previous_event_in_need_of_upcast', 1, 'NameAdded', '1.0', '{
   "NameAdded": {}
-}', '{}', DEFAULT);
+}', '{}');