--- a/src/grip.c	2022-02-10 12:19:23.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/grip.c	2025-06-01 01:56:02.514625107 +0200
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
   ginfo->ask_submit=FALSE;
   ginfo->is_new_disc=FALSE;
   ginfo->first_time=TRUE;
-  ginfo->automatic_discdb=TRUE;
+  ginfo->automatic_discdb=FALSE;
   ginfo->auto_eject_countdown=0;
   ginfo->current_discid=0;
   ginfo->volume=255;
@@ -671,20 +671,20 @@
   ginfo->use_proxy=FALSE;
   ginfo->use_proxy_env=FALSE;
 
-  strcpy(ginfo->dbserver.name,"gnudb.gnudb.org");
-  strcpy(ginfo->dbserver.cgi_prog,"~cddb/cddb.cgi");
+  strcpy(ginfo->dbserver.name,"");
+  strcpy(ginfo->dbserver.cgi_prog,"");
   ginfo->dbserver.port=80;
   ginfo->dbserver.use_proxy=0;
   ginfo->dbserver.proxy=&(ginfo->proxy_server);
 
   strcpy(ginfo->dbserver2.name,"");
-  strcpy(ginfo->dbserver2.cgi_prog,"~cddb/cddb.cgi");
+  strcpy(ginfo->dbserver2.cgi_prog,"");
   ginfo->dbserver2.port=80;
   ginfo->dbserver2.use_proxy=0;
   ginfo->dbserver2.proxy=&(ginfo->proxy_server);
 
-  strcpy(ginfo->discdb_submit_email,"submit@gnudb.org");
-  ginfo->db_use_freedb=TRUE;
+  strcpy(ginfo->discdb_submit_email,"");
+  ginfo->db_use_freedb=FALSE;
   *ginfo->user_email='\0';
 
   strcpy(ginfo->discdb_encoding,"UTF-8");
--- a/src/gripcfg.c	2022-02-10 12:19:23.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/gripcfg.c	2025-05-30 23:10:36.255579834 +0200
@@ -547,128 +547,6 @@
 
   page=gtk_frame_new(NULL);
 
-  dbvbox=gtk_vbox_new(FALSE,4);
-  gtk_container_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(dbvbox),3);
-
-  notebook=gtk_notebook_new();
-
-  page2=gtk_frame_new(NULL);
-
-  vbox=gtk_vbox_new(FALSE,2);
-  gtk_container_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(vbox),3);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->dbserver.name,_("DB server"),255,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->dbserver.cgi_prog,_("CGI path"),255,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(page2),vbox);
-  gtk_widget_show(vbox);
-
-  label=gtk_label_new(_("Primary Server"));
-  gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(notebook),page2,label);
-  gtk_widget_show(page2);
-
-  page2=gtk_frame_new(NULL);
-
-  vbox=gtk_vbox_new(FALSE,2);
-  gtk_container_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(vbox),3);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->dbserver2.name,_("DB server"),255,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->dbserver2.cgi_prog,_("CGI path"),255,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(page2),vbox);
-  gtk_widget_show(vbox);
-
-  label=gtk_label_new(_("Secondary Server"));
-  gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(notebook),page2,label);
-  gtk_widget_show(page2);
-
-
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(dbvbox),notebook,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(notebook);
-
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->discdb_submit_email,
-		     _("DB Submit email"),255,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(dbvbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->discdb_encoding,
-		     _("DB Character set encoding"),16,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(dbvbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  check=MakeCheckButton(NULL,&ginfo->db_use_freedb,
-			_("Use freedb extensions"));
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(dbvbox),check,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(check);
-
-  check=MakeCheckButton(NULL,&ginfo->automatic_discdb,
-			_("Perform disc lookups automatically"));
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(dbvbox),check,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(check);
-
-  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(page),dbvbox);
-  gtk_widget_show(dbvbox);
-
-
-  label=gtk_label_new(_("DiscDB"));
-  gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(config_notebook),page,label);
-  gtk_widget_show(page);
-
-  page=gtk_frame_new(NULL);
-
-  vbox=gtk_vbox_new(FALSE,2);
-  gtk_container_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(vbox),3);
-
-  check=MakeCheckButton(&button,&ginfo->use_proxy,_("Use proxy server"));
-  gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(button),"clicked",
-  		     GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(UseProxyChanged),(gpointer)ginfo);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),check,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(check);
-
-  check=MakeCheckButton(NULL,&ginfo->use_proxy_env,
-			_("Get server from 'http_proxy' env. var"));
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),check,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(check);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->proxy_server.name,_("Proxy server"),255,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  entry=MakeNumEntry(NULL,&(ginfo->proxy_server.port),_("Proxy port"),5);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(NULL,ginfo->proxy_server.username,_("Proxy username"),
-		     80,TRUE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  entry=MakeStrEntry(&realentry,ginfo->proxy_server.pswd,
-		     _("Proxy password"),80,TRUE);
-  gtk_entry_set_visibility(GTK_ENTRY(realentry),FALSE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox),entry,FALSE,FALSE,0);
-  gtk_widget_show(entry);
-
-  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(page),vbox);
-  gtk_widget_show(vbox);
-
-  label=gtk_label_new(_("Proxy"));
-  gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(config_notebook),page,label);
-  gtk_widget_show(page);
-
-  page=gtk_frame_new(NULL);
-
   vbox=gtk_vbox_new(FALSE,2);
   gtk_container_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(vbox),3);