diff --git a/share/templates/conf/django/files/local.jinja2 b/share/templates/conf/django/files/local.jinja2
index b276153..e28f538 100644
--- a/share/templates/conf/django/files/local.jinja2
+++ b/share/templates/conf/django/files/local.jinja2
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ TEMPLATES[0]['DIRS'].append(
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.{db_backend}'.format(
-            db_backend='{{server_database_backend}}'),
+        'ENGINE': '{{server_database_backend}}',
 
         'NAME': '{db_name}'.format(db_name='{{server_database_name}}'),
         'USER': '{db_user}'.format(db_user='{{server_database_user}}'),
diff --git a/share/templates/conf/gunicorn/files/local.jinja2 b/share/templates/conf/gunicorn/files/local.jinja2
index b276153..e28f538 100644
--- a/share/templates/conf/gunicorn/files/local.jinja2
+++ b/share/templates/conf/gunicorn/files/local.jinja2
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ TEMPLATES[0]['DIRS'].append(
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.{db_backend}'.format(
-            db_backend='{{server_database_backend}}'),
+        'ENGINE': '{{server_database_backend}}',
 
         'NAME': '{db_name}'.format(db_name='{{server_database_name}}'),
         'USER': '{db_user}'.format(db_user='{{server_database_user}}'),