diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d640412..a75e940 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ Interact with an InfluxDBv1 server using the `InfluxDBv1Session` class. **Note t
 from pydase_service_base.database import InfluxDBv1Session
 
 with InfluxDBv1Session() as influx_client:
-    # Creating a database
-    influx_client.create_database(
-        dbname='my_new_database'
-    )
-
     # Writing data to a database
     data = [
         {
diff --git a/pydase_service_base/database/influxdbv1_session.py b/pydase_service_base/database/influxdbv1_session.py
index 17b35a7..d7248e8 100644
--- a/pydase_service_base/database/influxdbv1_session.py
+++ b/pydase_service_base/database/influxdbv1_session.py
@@ -155,20 +155,3 @@ class InfluxDBv1Session:
             batch_size=batch_size,
             consistency=consistency,
         )
-
-    def create_database(
-        self,
-        dbname: str,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Create a new database in the InfluxDB instance. This function wraps the
-        create_database from `influxdb` in a try-catch block and logs potential errors.
-
-        Args:
-            dbname:
-                The name of the database to create.
-        """
-
-        try:
-            self._client.create_database(dbname=dbname)
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(e)