@@ -98,59 +98,6 @@
 	fi
 }
 
-# print large warning if POSTGRES_PASSWORD is long
-# error if both POSTGRES_PASSWORD is empty and POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD is not 'trust'
-# print large warning if POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD is set to 'trust'
-# assumes database is not set up, ie: [ -z "$DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS" ]
-docker_verify_minimum_env() {
-	# check password first so we can output the warning before postgres
-	# messes it up
-	if [ "${#POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" -ge 100 ]; then
-		cat >&2 <<-'EOWARN'
-
-			WARNING: The supplied POSTGRES_PASSWORD is 100+ characters.
-
-			  This will not work if used via PGPASSWORD with "psql".
-
-			  https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/E1Rqxp2-0004Qt-PL%40wrigleys.postgresql.org (BUG #6412)
-			  https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/507
-
-		EOWARN
-	fi
-	if [ -z "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" ] && [ 'trust' != "$POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD" ]; then
-		# The - option suppresses leading tabs but *not* spaces. :)
-		cat >&2 <<-'EOE'
-			Error: Database is uninitialized and superuser password is not specified.
-			       You must specify POSTGRES_PASSWORD to a non-empty value for the
-			       superuser. For example, "-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password" on "docker run".
-
-			       You may also use "POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust" to allow all
-			       connections without a password. This is *not* recommended.
-
-			       See PostgreSQL documentation about "trust":
-			       https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-trust.html
-		EOE
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	if [ 'trust' = "$POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD" ]; then
-		cat >&2 <<-'EOWARN'
-			********************************************************************************
-			WARNING: POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD has been set to "trust". This will allow
-			         anyone with access to the Postgres port to access your database without
-			         a password, even if POSTGRES_PASSWORD is set. See PostgreSQL
-			         documentation about "trust":
-			         https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-trust.html
-			         In Docker's default configuration, this is effectively any other
-			         container on the same system.
-
-			         It is not recommended to use POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust. Replace
-			         it with "-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password" instead to set a password in
-			         "docker run".
-			********************************************************************************
-		EOWARN
-	fi
-}
-
 # usage: docker_process_init_files [file [file [...]]]
 #    ie: docker_process_init_files /always-initdb.d/*
 # process initializer files, based on file extensions and permissions
@@ -310,8 +257,6 @@
 
 		# only run initialization on an empty data directory
 		if [ -z "$DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS" ]; then
-			docker_verify_minimum_env
-
 			# check dir permissions to reduce likelihood of half-initialized database
 			ls /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/ > /dev/null