diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/db/elasticsearch/search.py b/lbry/wallet/server/db/elasticsearch/search.py
index e7a8b58af..c762920ef 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/server/db/elasticsearch/search.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/server/db/elasticsearch/search.py
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ class IndexVersionMismatch(Exception):
 class SearchIndex:
     VERSION = 1
 
-    def __init__(self, index_prefix: str, search_timeout=3.0, elastic_host='localhost', elastic_port=9200,
-                 half_life=0.4, whale_threshold=10000, whale_half_life=0.99):
+    def __init__(self, index_prefix: str, search_timeout=3.0, elastic_host='localhost', elastic_port=9200):
         self.search_timeout = search_timeout
         self.sync_timeout = 600  # wont hit that 99% of the time, but can hit on a fresh import
         self.search_client: Optional[AsyncElasticsearch] = None
@@ -54,9 +53,6 @@ class SearchIndex:
         self.search_cache = LRUCache(2 ** 17)
         self._elastic_host = elastic_host
         self._elastic_port = elastic_port
-        self._trending_half_life = half_life
-        self._trending_whale_threshold = whale_threshold
-        self._trending_whale_half_life = whale_half_life
 
     async def get_index_version(self) -> int:
         try:
diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/env.py b/lbry/wallet/server/env.py
index ff9e2a316..16490b0d4 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/server/env.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/server/env.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class Env:
 
     def __init__(self, coin=None):
         self.logger = class_logger(__name__, self.__class__.__name__)
-        self.allow_root = self.boolean('ALLOW_ROOT', False)
         self.host = self.default('HOST', 'localhost')
         self.rpc_host = self.default('RPC_HOST', 'localhost')
         self.elastic_host = self.default('ELASTIC_HOST', 'localhost')
@@ -38,17 +37,8 @@ class Env:
         self.loop_policy = self.set_event_loop_policy()
         self.obsolete(['UTXO_MB', 'HIST_MB', 'NETWORK'])
         self.db_dir = self.required('DB_DIRECTORY')
-        self.db_engine = self.default('DB_ENGINE', 'leveldb')
-        # self.trending_algorithms = [
-        #     trending for trending in set(self.default('TRENDING_ALGORITHMS', 'zscore').split(' ')) if trending
-        # ]
-        self.trending_half_life = math.log2(0.1 ** (1 / (3 + self.integer('TRENDING_DECAY_RATE', 48)))) + 1
-        self.trending_whale_half_life = math.log2(0.1 ** (1 / (3 + self.integer('TRENDING_WHALE_DECAY_RATE', 24)))) + 1
-        self.trending_whale_threshold = float(self.integer('TRENDING_WHALE_THRESHOLD', 10000)) * 1E8
 
         self.max_query_workers = self.integer('MAX_QUERY_WORKERS', 4)
-        self.individual_tag_indexes = self.boolean('INDIVIDUAL_TAG_INDEXES', True)
-        self.track_metrics = self.boolean('TRACK_METRICS', False)
         self.websocket_host = self.default('WEBSOCKET_HOST', self.host)
         self.websocket_port = self.integer('WEBSOCKET_PORT', None)
         self.daemon_url = self.required('DAEMON_URL')
@@ -85,18 +75,17 @@ class Env:
         self.peer_discovery = self.peer_discovery_enum()
         self.peer_announce = self.boolean('PEER_ANNOUNCE', True)
         self.peer_hubs = self.extract_peer_hubs()
-        self.force_proxy = self.boolean('FORCE_PROXY', False)
-        self.tor_proxy_host = self.default('TOR_PROXY_HOST', 'localhost')
-        self.tor_proxy_port = self.integer('TOR_PROXY_PORT', None)
+        # self.tor_proxy_host = self.default('TOR_PROXY_HOST', 'localhost')
+        # self.tor_proxy_port = self.integer('TOR_PROXY_PORT', None)
         # The electrum client takes the empty string as unspecified
         self.payment_address = self.default('PAYMENT_ADDRESS', '')
         self.donation_address = self.default('DONATION_ADDRESS', '')
         # Server limits to help prevent DoS
         self.max_send = self.integer('MAX_SEND', 1000000)
         self.max_receive = self.integer('MAX_RECEIVE', 1000000)
-        self.max_subs = self.integer('MAX_SUBS', 250000)
+        # self.max_subs = self.integer('MAX_SUBS', 250000)
         self.max_sessions = self.sane_max_sessions()
-        self.max_session_subs = self.integer('MAX_SESSION_SUBS', 50000)
+        # self.max_session_subs = self.integer('MAX_SESSION_SUBS', 50000)
         self.session_timeout = self.integer('SESSION_TIMEOUT', 600)
         self.drop_client = self.custom("DROP_CLIENT", None, re.compile)
         self.description = self.default('DESCRIPTION', '')
diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py b/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py
index d33b1016b..dbf9b089c 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ class LevelDB:
         self.encoded_headers = LRUCacheWithMetrics(1 << 21, metric_name='encoded_headers', namespace='wallet_server')
         self.last_flush = time.time()
 
-        self.logger.info(f'using {self.env.db_engine} for DB backend')
-
         # Header merkle cache
         self.merkle = Merkle()
         self.header_mc = MerkleCache(self.merkle, self.fs_block_hashes)
@@ -125,9 +123,7 @@ class LevelDB:
         # Search index
         self.search_index = SearchIndex(
             self.env.es_index_prefix, self.env.database_query_timeout,
-            elastic_host=env.elastic_host, elastic_port=env.elastic_port,
-            half_life=self.env.trending_half_life, whale_threshold=self.env.trending_whale_threshold,
-            whale_half_life=self.env.trending_whale_half_life
+            elastic_host=env.elastic_host, elastic_port=env.elastic_port
         )
 
         self.genesis_bytes = bytes.fromhex(self.coin.GENESIS_HASH)