diff --git a/terraform/20-app/aurora-db.feature-flags.tf b/terraform/20-app/aurora-db.feature-flags.tf
index d7603831..a63ba71c 100644
--- a/terraform/20-app/aurora-db.feature-flags.tf
+++ b/terraform/20-app/aurora-db.feature-flags.tf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module "aurora_db_feature_flags" {
   engine_version    = "15.5"
   storage_encrypted = true
 
-  publicly_accessible = true
+  publicly_accessible = local.enable_public_db
   deletion_protection = local.use_prod_sizing
 
   manage_master_user_password = true
diff --git a/terraform/20-app/locals.tf b/terraform/20-app/locals.tf
index 90777480..d23dd0eb 100644
--- a/terraform/20-app/locals.tf
+++ b/terraform/20-app/locals.tf
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ locals {
 
   scheduled_scaling_policies_for_non_essential_envs = {
     start_of_working_day_scale_out = {
-      min_capacity = local.use_prod_sizing ? 3 : 1
-      max_capacity = local.use_prod_sizing ? 3 : 1
+      min_capacity = 1
+      max_capacity = 1
       schedule     = "cron(0 07 ? * MON-FRI *)" # Run every weekday at 7am
     }
     end_of_working_day_scale_in = {