From caf4aa35d4a7fac26235b46dacaaf263b008d32e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trenton H <797416+stumpylog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:24:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't set a default, so we reach the fallback case and check
 DBHOST

---
 src/paperless/settings/custom.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/paperless/settings/custom.py b/src/paperless/settings/custom.py
index 32b3aa364..5459576c3 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings/custom.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings/custom.py
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ def parse_db_settings(data_dir: Path) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
         engine = get_choice_from_env(
             "PAPERLESS_DBENGINE",
             {"sqlite", "postgresql", "mariadb"},
-            default="sqlite",
         )
     except ValueError:
         # MariaDB users already had to set PAPERLESS_DBENGINE, so it was picked up above