diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/create-database.sh b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/create-database.sh
index fec49cd5db..da55dc917d 100755
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/create-database.sh
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/create-database.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ docker run \
   -p 53306:3306 \
   --name=mysql57-hibernate-types \
   -e MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=true \
-  -v "${PWD}/docker/etc/mysql/conf.d":/etc/mysql/conf.d \
   -v "${PWD}/docker/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d":/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d \
   -d mysql:5.7
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/docker/etc/mysql/conf.d/utf8.cnf b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/docker/etc/mysql/conf.d/utf8.cnf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1885d83c8b..0000000000
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/docker/etc/mysql/conf.d/utf8.cnf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[mysqld]
-init_connect='SET collation_connection = utf8_unicode_ci'
-character-set-server = utf8
-collation-server = utf8_unicode_ci
-
-[client]
-default-character-set = utf8
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