diff --git a/xos-core/requirements.yaml b/xos-core/requirements.yaml
index 05b5a9e..62de4ca 100644
--- a/xos-core/requirements.yaml
+++ b/xos-core/requirements.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 dependencies:
+- name: xos-db
+  version: 0.1.0-dev0
+  repository: file://../xos-db
 - name: xos-gui
   version: 1.0.1
   repository: file://../xos-gui
diff --git a/xos-core/templates/db-deployment.yaml b/xos-core/templates/db-deployment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d2cb923..0000000
--- a/xos-core/templates/db-deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: xos-db
-  labels:
-    app: xos-db
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: xos-db
-    spec:
-      containers:
-        - name: xos-db
-          image: {{ .Values.postgresImage | quote }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 5432
-              protocol: TCP
-          env:
-            - name: POSTGRES_DB
-              value: {{ .Values.xosDBName | quote }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_USER
-              value: {{ .Values.xosDBUser | quote }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: xos-db-secrets
-                  key: password
-            - name: PGDATA
-              value: "/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata"
-      {{- if .Values.needDBPersistence }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: db-pv-storage
-              mountPath: "/var/lib/postgresql/data"
-      volumes:
-        - name: db-pv-storage
-          persistentVolumeClaim:
-            claimName: {{ .Values.dbPvClaimName }}
-      {{- end }}
diff --git a/xos-core/templates/db-secrets.yaml b/xos-core/templates/db-secrets.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f41343..0000000
--- a/xos-core/templates/db-secrets.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: xos-db-secrets
-  namespace: default
-type: Opaque
-data:
-  password: {{ .Values.xosDBPassword | b64enc }}
diff --git a/xos-core/templates/db-service.yaml b/xos-core/templates/db-service.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a71aaa..0000000
--- a/xos-core/templates/db-service.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: "xos-db"
-  labels:
-    {{- include "xos-core.release_labels" . | indent 4 }}
-spec:
-  type: ClusterIP
-  selector:
-    app: "xos-db"
-  ports:
-    - port: 5432
-      targetPort: 5432
-      protocol: TCP
diff --git a/xos-core/values.yaml b/xos-core/values.yaml
index c6e5105..98b372f 100644
--- a/xos-core/values.yaml
+++ b/xos-core/values.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 
 imagePullPolicy: 'Always'
 
-dbPvClaimName: db-pv-claim
-
-needDBPersistence: false
-
 # Docker images
 # YAML variable names can't contain `-`, so substituted with `_`
 xos_coreImage: 'xosproject/xos-core:{{ .Chart.Version }}'
@@ -29,7 +25,6 @@
 xos_toscaImage: 'xosproject/xos-tosca:1.0.1'
 xos_api_testerImage: 'xosproject/xos-api-tester:2.0.1'
 
-postgresImage: 'postgres:10.3-alpine'
 nodeImage: 'node:7.9.0'
 redisImage: 'redis:3.2'
 
@@ -46,11 +41,16 @@
 # CORD site names
 cordSiteName: mysite
 
-# Database name/username/password
+# Database name/username/password for XOS and the xos-db subchart
 xosDBName: 'xos'
 xosDBUser: 'postgres'
 xosDBPassword: 'password'
 
+xos-db:
+  xosDBName: 'xos'
+  xosDBUser: 'postgres'
+  xosDBPassword: 'password'
+
 ca_cert_chain: 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
 secrets: