diff --git a/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_client.pp b/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_client.pp
index ced7b4332c..a26ef64f6a 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_client.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_client.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 class zulip::postgresql_client {
-  include zulip::postgresql_common
-  package { "postgresql-client-${zulip::postgresql_common::version}":
-    ensure => installed,
+  $version = zulipconf('postgresql', 'version', undef)
+  if $version != undef {
+    package { "postgresql-client-${version}":
+      ensure => installed,
+    }
+  } else {
+    package { 'postgresql-client':
+      ensure => installed,
+    }
   }
 }