diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-workflow-debian.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-workflow-debian.yml
index eb86510aa..4b37be5cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-workflow-debian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-workflow-debian.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       POSTGRES_HOST: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_HOST }}
       POSTGRES_PORT: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_PORT }}
       POSTGRES_PROJECT_NAME: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_PROJECT_NAME }}
-      POSTGRES_VECS_COLLECTION: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_VECS_COLLECTION }}
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/py/compose.full.yaml b/py/compose.full.yaml
index b0c5ebf62..2290372b5 100644
--- a/py/compose.full.yaml
+++ b/py/compose.full.yaml
@@ -333,8 +333,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_HOST=${POSTGRES_HOST:-postgres}
       - POSTGRES_PORT=${POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}
       - POSTGRES_DBNAME=${POSTGRES_DBNAME:-postgres}
-      - POSTGRES_PROJECT_NAME=${POSTGRES_PROJECT_NAME:-${CONFIG_NAME:-vecs}}
-      - POSTGRES_VECS_COLLECTION=${POSTGRES_VECS_COLLECTION:-${CONFIG_NAME:-vecs}}
+      - POSTGRES_PROJECT_NAME=${POSTGRES_PROJECT_NAME:-r2r_default}
       - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY:-}
       - OPENAI_API_BASE=${OPENAI_API_BASE:-}
       - ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:-}
diff --git a/py/core/providers/database/postgres.py b/py/core/providers/database/postgres.py
index 9911e3725..0109f17e4 100644
--- a/py/core/providers/database/postgres.py
+++ b/py/core/providers/database/postgres.py
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ def __init__(
             config.project_name
             or config.vecs_collection  # remove after deprecation
             or os.getenv("POSTGRES_PROJECT_NAME")
-            or os.getenv(
-                "POSTGRES_VECS_COLLECTION"
-            )  # remove after deprecation
         )
         if not project_name:
             raise ValueError(