--- a/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter.go
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn"
-	"cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn/mysql/mysql"
-	"cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn/postgres/pgxv4"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
-	"google.golang.org/api/option"
 	sqladmin "google.golang.org/api/sqladmin/v1beta4"
 )
 
@@ -54,36 +49,6 @@
 		cronScheduler: cron.New(),
 	}
 
-	if cfg.CloudSQLConfig != nil {
-		if cfg.CloudSQLConfig.KeyFile == "" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("as cloudsql_config is not empty, then cloudsql_config.key_file must be set")
-		}
-
-		// We currently only support keyfile. Additional authentication options would be via automatic IAM
-		//	 with cloudsqlconn.WithIAMAuthN()
-		cloudsqlconnection := cloudsqlconn.WithCredentialsFile(cfg.CloudSQLConfig.KeyFile)
-		sqladminService, err := sqladmin.NewService(context.Background(), option.WithAPIKey(cfg.CloudSQLConfig.KeyFile))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create new cloud sqladmin service: %w", err)
-		}
-		exp.sqladminService = sqladminService
-
-		//
-		// Register all possible cloudsql drivers
-
-		// drop cleanup as we don't really know when to end this
-		_, err = pgxv4.RegisterDriver(CLOUDSQL_POSTGRES, cloudsqlconnection)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not register cloudsql-postgres driver: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		// drop cleanup as we don't really know when to end this
-		_, err = mysql.RegisterDriver(CLOUDSQL_MYSQL, cloudsqlconnection)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not register cloudsql-mysql driver: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// dispatch all jobs
 	for _, job := range cfg.Jobs {
 		if job == nil {
