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@@ -100,8 +100,4 @@ scheme: `elasticsearch-<university license plate>.ts`.
 Set `ES_DEBUG=true` to enable verbose Elasticsearch tracing information.
 This can be useful to debug some issues between backend and elasticsearch.
 
-## Setting a different url for elasticsearch
-Set `ES_PORT_9200_TCP_ADDR` to change the elasticsearch-http-address which by default is `localhost`.
-Set `ES_PORT_9200_TCP_PORT` to change the elasticsearch port which by default is `9200` .
-
 ## [Contributing](https://gitlab.com/openstapps/projectmanagement/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)