diff --git a/crawlab/db/manager.py b/crawlab/db/manager.py
index c7eb16e1..ac157dfb 100644
--- a/crawlab/db/manager.py
+++ b/crawlab/db/manager.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 from bson import ObjectId
-from mongoengine import connect
 from pymongo import MongoClient, DESCENDING
 from config import MONGO_HOST, MONGO_PORT, MONGO_DB, MONGO_USERNAME, MONGO_PASSWORD, MONGO_AUTH_DB
 from utils import is_object_id
 
-connect(db=MONGO_DB, host=MONGO_HOST, port=MONGO_PORT)
-
 
 class DbManager(object):
     __doc__ = """