cPanel: Deprecated MySQL databases

If you have upgraded to cPanel 62 and you have started receiving this email:

Deprecated MySQL databases

The following MySQL databases have been deprecated and are no longer used by cPanel & WHM.
Database Name : Database Username
leechprotect : leechprotect
modsec : modsec

You can delete these databases and related database users at your leisure.
This notice is the result of a request from “database_deprecations”.

This is caused because in cPanel version 62, they updated leechprotect and mod security to use SQLite.  According to these 2 entries from the release notes:

Leechprotect updated to use SQLite
We updated the leechprotect service to use SQLite. This change eliminates the need for a MySQL database and database user to run the leechprotect service.

ModSecurity now uses SQLite
We updated WHM’s ModSecurity Tools (Home >> Security Center >> ModSecurity™ Tools) interface to use SQLite.

Because of these changes, it is safe to delete both of those databases.  To delete the databases, use the following steps.

• Log into the WHM
• Click on phpMyAdmin
• Click on the database you want to delete
• Click on the operations tab
• Click on “Drop the database (DROP)”