diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9aa8784..ad07605 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -93,16 +93,15 @@ done
 # pipeline_task has no separate module
 mkdir -p wwwroot/pipeline_task
 
-# 9. Sync config from Sage (password_key + sage DB credentials)
+# 9. Sync password_key from Sage (not databases — those are app-specific)
 if [ -f /d/apitest/sage/conf/config.json ]; then
     python3 -c "
 import json
 cs=json.load(open('/d/apitest/sage/conf/config.json'))
 c=json.load(open('$cdir/conf/config.json'))
 c['password_key']=cs.get('password_key','')
-c['databases']['sage']=cs['databases']['sage']
 json.dump(c,open('$cdir/conf/config.json','w'),ensure_ascii=False,indent=2)
-print('  config: synced password_key + sage DB')
+print('  config: password_key synced')
 "
 fi