diff --git a/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp b/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp
index a83b2693e112..4f9405cbfdd4 100644
--- a/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp
+++ b/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     DBConnector appDb(APPL_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
     RedisPipeline pipelineAppDB(&appDb);
     DBConnector stateDb(STATE_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
-    DBConnector log_db(LOGLEVEL_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
     DBConnector config_db(CONFIG_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
 
     FdbSync sync(&pipelineAppDB, &stateDb, &config_db);
diff --git a/tests/mock_tests/database_config.json b/tests/mock_tests/database_config.json
index 68f850481d76..baf705ea2303 100644
--- a/tests/mock_tests/database_config.json
+++ b/tests/mock_tests/database_config.json
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
             "separator": ":",
             "instance" : "redis"
         },
-        "LOGLEVEL_DB" : {
-            "id" : 3,
-            "separator": ":",
-            "instance" : "redis"
-        },
         "CONFIG_DB" : {
             "id" : 4,
             "separator": "|",