diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index adfb7b9..3046e53 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -810,9 +810,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "chrono",
  "diesel_derives",
- "ipnetwork",
  "itoa 1.0.10",
- "libc",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-integer",
  "num-traits",
@@ -820,17 +818,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "r2d2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "diesel-tracing"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "059a68707299bab4730b5c4370798d27b5005f24c7efa830c983009cc2dcbab6"
-dependencies = [
- "diesel",
- "ipnetwork",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "diesel_derives"
 version = "2.1.2"
@@ -2054,15 +2041,6 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f518f335dce6725a761382244631d86cf0ccb2863413590b31338feb467f9c3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ipnetwork"
-version = "0.20.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf466541e9d546596ee94f9f69590f89473455f88372423e0008fc1a7daf100e"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iri-string"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -3319,7 +3297,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "console",
  "dickens",
  "diesel",
- "diesel-tracing",
  "dotenv",
  "env_logger",
  "futures",
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index d5f1bfc..dec197b 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,4 +36,3 @@ opentelemetry = "0.22.0"
 tracing-opentelemetry = "0.23.0"
 opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["http-proto", "reqwest-client"] }
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.22.1", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
-diesel-tracing = { version = "0.2.3", features = ["postgres", "r2d2"] }
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 952cdb0..721fbe7 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use clap::Parser;
-use diesel::r2d2::{ConnectionManager, Pool};
-use diesel_tracing::pg::InstrumentedPgConnection;
+use diesel::{
+    r2d2::{ConnectionManager, Pool},
+    PgConnection,
+};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
@@ -14,8 +16,7 @@ pub mod recycler;
 pub mod routes;
 pub mod schema;
 
-pub type DbConnection = InstrumentedPgConnection;
-pub type DbPool = Pool<ConnectionManager<DbConnection>>;
+pub type DbPool = Pool<ConnectionManager<PgConnection>>;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 37be299..d27eaf9 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use axum::extract::MatchedPath;
 use axum::http::Method;
 use axum::routing::post;
 use axum::{routing::get, Router};
+use diesel::pg::PgConnection;
 use diesel::r2d2::ConnectionManager;
 use diesel::r2d2::Pool;
 use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ use server::routes::{
 };
 use server::routes::{pipeline_new, worker_heartbeat};
 use server::routes::{pipeline_status, worker_status};
-use server::DbConnection;
 use server::{DbPool, ARGS};
 use teloxide::prelude::*;
 use tower_http::cors::{Any, CorsLayer};
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
 
     tracing::info!("Connecting to database");
-    let manager = ConnectionManager::<DbConnection>::new(&ARGS.database_url);
+    let manager = ConnectionManager::<PgConnection>::new(&ARGS.database_url);
     let pool = Pool::builder().test_on_check_out(true).build(manager)?;
 
     let mut handles = vec![];
diff --git a/server/src/routes/job.rs b/server/src/routes/job.rs
index 9eb9745..c2963bf 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/job.rs
+++ b/server/src/routes/job.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use crate::github::get_crab_github_installation;
 use crate::models::{Job, NewJob, Pipeline, User};
 use crate::routes::{AnyhowError, AppState};
-use crate::DbConnection;
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use axum::extract::{Json, Query, State};
 use diesel::connection::{AnsiTransactionManager, TransactionManager};
 use diesel::r2d2::PoolTransactionManager;
 use diesel::{
-    Connection, ExpressionMethods, JoinOnDsl, NullableExpressionMethods, QueryDsl, RunQueryDsl,
+    Connection, ExpressionMethods, JoinOnDsl, NullableExpressionMethods, PgConnection, QueryDsl,
+    RunQueryDsl,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tracing::warn;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ pub struct JobRestartResponse {
 }
 async fn job_restart_in_transaction(
     payload: &JobRestartRequest,
-    conn: &mut DbConnection,
+    conn: &mut PgConnection,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Job> {
     let job = crate::schema::jobs::dsl::jobs
         .find(payload.job_id)