diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 9eff6616..d5b3327a 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -137,15 +137,7 @@ var config = {
         //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly, instead of using Mapnik,
         //PostGIS 2.4 is required for this to work
         //If disabled it will use Mapnik MVT generation
-        usePostGIS: false,
-        dbPoolParams: {
-              // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
-              size: 16,
-              // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
-              idleTimeout: 3000,
-              // frequency to check for idle resources
-              reapInterval: 1000
-          }
+        usePostGIS: false
       },
       mapnik: {
           // The size of the pool of internal mapnik backend
@@ -261,16 +253,7 @@ var config = {
               src: __dirname + '/../../assets/default-placeholder.png'
           }
       },
-      torque: {
-          dbPoolParams: {
-              // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
-              size: 16,
-              // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
-              idleTimeout: 3000,
-              // frequency to check for idle resources
-              reapInterval: 1000
-          }
-      }
+      torque: {}
     }
     // anything analyses related
     ,analysis: {
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 9c2647c7..97d97302 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -261,16 +261,7 @@ var config = {
               src: __dirname + '/../../assets/default-placeholder.png'
           }
       },
-      torque: {
-          dbPoolParams: {
-              // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
-              size: 16,
-              // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
-              idleTimeout: 3000,
-              // frequency to check for idle resources
-              reapInterval: 1000
-          }
-      }
+      torque: {}
     }
     // anything analyses related
     ,analysis: {
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 6e396893..0dcd87b6 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -137,15 +137,7 @@ var config = {
         //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly, instead of using Mapnik,
         //PostGIS 2.4 is required for this to work
         //If disabled it will use Mapnik MVT generation
-        usePostGIS: false,
-        dbPoolParams: {
-              // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
-              size: 16,
-              // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
-              idleTimeout: 3000,
-              // frequency to check for idle resources
-              reapInterval: 1000
-          }
+        usePostGIS: false
       },
       mapnik: {
           // The size of the pool of internal mapnik backend
@@ -261,16 +253,7 @@ var config = {
               src: __dirname + '/../../assets/default-placeholder.png'
           }
       },
-      torque: {
-          dbPoolParams: {
-              // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
-              size: 16,
-              // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
-              idleTimeout: 3000,
-              // frequency to check for idle resources
-              reapInterval: 1000
-          }
-      }
+      torque: {}
     }
     // anything analyses related
     ,analysis: {
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index 56d1f9ef..082d4aa4 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -250,16 +250,7 @@ var config = {
               src: __dirname + '/../../assets/default-placeholder.png'
           }
       },
-      torque: {
-          dbPoolParams: {
-              // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
-              size: 16,
-              // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
-              idleTimeout: 3000,
-              // frequency to check for idle resources
-              reapInterval: 1000
-          }
-      }
+      torque: {}
     }
     // anything analyses related
     ,analysis: {
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index 2a2850b7..9410b2f4 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ module.exports = {
         statsInterval: rendererConfig.statsInterval
     },
     renderer: {
-        mvt: rendererConfig.mvt,
+        mvt: Object.assign({ dbPoolParams: global.environment.postgres.pool }, rendererConfig.mvt),
         mapnik: rendererConfig.mapnik,
-        torque: rendererConfig.torque,
+        torque: Object.assign({ dbPoolParams: global.environment.postgres.pool }, rendererConfig.torque),
         http: rendererConfig.http
     },