diff --git a/manifests/application.pp b/manifests/application.pp
index 8af4331..dc60596 100644
--- a/manifests/application.pp
+++ b/manifests/application.pp
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class storyboard::application (
     dev => true,
   }
   include python::install
-  include mysql::python
 
   if !defined(Package['git']) {
     package { 'git':
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ class storyboard::application (
       File['/etc/storyboard/storyboard.conf'],
     ],
     require     => [
-      Class['mysql::python'],
       File['/etc/storyboard/storyboard.conf'],
     ],
     notify      => Service['httpd'],
diff --git a/templates/storyboard.conf.erb b/templates/storyboard.conf.erb
index 6837f1d..1a8a6e2 100644
--- a/templates/storyboard.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/storyboard.conf.erb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ max_age=<%= @cors_max_age %>
 # connection = mysql://root:pass@127.0.0.1:3306/storyboard
 # Replace 127.0.0.1 above with the IP address of the database used by the
 # main storyboard server. (Leave it as is if the database runs on this host.)
-connection=mysql://<%= @mysql_user %>:<%= @mysql_user_password %>@<%= @mysql_host %>:<%= @mysql_port %>/<%= @mysql_database %>
+connection=mysql+pymysql://<%= @mysql_user %>:<%= @mysql_user_password %>@<%=@mysql_host %>:<%= @mysql_port %>/<%= @mysql_database %>
 
 # The SQLAlchemy connection string used to connect to the slave database
 # slave_connection =