diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index cb44c0a..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/.rake_tasks~
-/temp.db
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b668a39..3606de8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ gem 'roda'
 gem 'rack-unreloader'
 gem 'tilt'
 gem 'erubi'
-gem 'sequel'
-gem 'rake'
-
-# Change to whatever database you plan to use
-gem 'sqlite3'
-# gem 'pg' # will also want gem sequel-pg
-# gem 'mysql2'
 
 # change to gunicorn or passenger if you prefer:
 gem 'puma'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 159cce8..83f577f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 For the single file app template, really the only file you need is the config.ru and run it with puma.
 
-## Database
-
 ## Views
 
 In this template, I've taken the single-file template and split up the config.ru to put routes and app logic in app.rb and call on templates to render proper html pages.  `tilt` and `erubi` gems are added to do the rendering, and `rack-unreloader` gem is added to have puma automatically load file changes while running in development mode.
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ Will need ruby; install it via package manager or a ruby manager like rbenv/ruby
 With this example, will basically just ignore the project's Gemfile.  Debian 12 has a pretty current ruby version so just using it.
 
 ```
-sudo apt install ruby ruby-rack puma ruby-erubi ruby-tilt ruby-sequel ruby-sqlite3 rake
+sudo apt install ruby ruby-rack puma ruby-erubi ruby-tilt
 sudo gem install roda rack-unreloader
 ```
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a4ce07..0000000
--- a/Rakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-namespace :db do
-
-  migrator = lambda do |version|
-    require_relative 'db'
-    Sequel.extension :migration
-    Sequel::Migrator.apply(DB, 'migrate', version)
-  end
-
-  namespace :migrate do
-
-    desc "Perform migration up to latest migration available"
-    task :up do
-      migrator.call(nil)
-    end
-
-    desc "Perform migration all the way down (erase all data)"
-    task :down do
-      migrator.call(0)
-    end
-
-  end
-
-  desc "Erase all data, then bring back to latest migration"
-  task :reset do
-    migrator.call(0)
-    Sequel::Migrator.apply(DB, 'migrate')
-  end
-  
-  #desc "Migrate to a specific version"
-  #task :migrate do |version|
-  #end
-
-end
diff --git a/app.rb b/app.rb
index 8c321e0..76eeb17 100644
--- a/app.rb
+++ b/app.rb
@@ -14,17 +14,10 @@ class App < Roda
       view :index
     end
 
-    r.is 'users' do
-      @users = User.order(:id)
-      view :users
-    end
-
-    r.on 'hello' do
-      r.is String do |name|
-        @page_title = 'A Custom Greeting'
-        @name = name.capitalize
-        view :greeting
-      end
+    r.is String do |name|
+      @page_title = 'A Custom Greeting'
+      @name = name.capitalize
+      view :greeting
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config.ru b/config.ru
index 1af6d15..4e24994 100644
--- a/config.ru
+++ b/config.ru
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ dev = ENV['RACK_ENV'] == 'development'
 
 require 'rack/unreloader'
 
-Unreloader = Rack::Unreloader.new(:subclasses=>%w'Roda Sequel::Model', reload: dev, autoload: dev){App}
-Unreloader.require './models.rb'
+Unreloader = Rack::Unreloader.new(:subclasses=>%w'Roda', :reload=>dev){App}
 Unreloader.require './app.rb'
 
 run(dev ? Unreloader : App)
diff --git a/db.rb b/db.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c72eb9..0000000
--- a/db.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-require 'sequel/core'
-
-DB = Sequel.connect('sqlite://temp.db')
diff --git a/migrate/001_create_users_table.rb b/migrate/001_create_users_table.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 29d513d..0000000
--- a/migrate/001_create_users_table.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-Sequel.migration do
-  change do
-    create_table(:users) do
-      primary_key :id
-      String :name, unique: true, null: false
-    end
-  end
-end
-
diff --git a/models.rb b/models.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 33c6865..0000000
--- a/models.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-require_relative 'db'
-require 'sequel/model'
-
-if ENV['RACK_ENV'] == 'development'
-  Sequel::Model.cache_associations = false
-end
-
-unless defined?(Unreloader)
-  require 'rack/unreloader'
-  Unreloader = Rack::Unreloader.new(reload: false, autoload: !ENV['NO_AUTOLOAD'])
-end
-
-Unreloader.autoload('models'){|f| Sequel::Model.send(:camelize, File.basename(f).sub(/\.rb\z/, ''))}
diff --git a/models/user.rb b/models/user.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a4f2fa1..0000000
--- a/models/user.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-class User < Sequel::Model
-end
diff --git a/views/index.erb b/views/index.erb
index 31b3b2d..4762d4c 100644
--- a/views/index.erb
+++ b/views/index.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <p class="subtitle is-3">
-  Welcome to my new page!  Running in <%= ENV['RACK_ENV'] %> mode!
+  Welcome to my new page!
 </p>
diff --git a/views/users.erb b/views/users.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 13cc1e7..0000000
--- a/views/users.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<% for u in @users do %>
-  <p class="subtitle is-3">
-    Hello, <%= u.name %>!  You're #<%= u.id %>!
-  </p>
-<% end %>