diff --git a/zerver/lib/db.py b/zerver/lib/db.py
index 5691682fa8..10231aa9f5 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/db.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/db.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 import time
-from typing import (
-    Any,
-    Callable,
-    Dict,
-    Iterable,
-    List,
-    Mapping,
-    Optional,
-    Sequence,
-    TypeVar,
-    Union,
-    overload,
-)
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Mapping, Sequence, TypeVar, Union
 
 from psycopg2.extensions import connection, cursor
 from psycopg2.sql import Composable
@@ -60,41 +48,6 @@ class TimeTrackingConnection(connection):
         self.queries: List[Dict[str, str]] = []
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    @overload
-    def cursor(
-        self,
-        name: Union[str, bytes, None] = ...,
-        *,
-        withhold: bool = ...,
-        scrollable: Optional[bool] = ...,
-    ) -> TimeTrackingCursor:
-        ...
-
-    @overload
-    def cursor(
-        self,
-        name: Union[str, bytes, None] = ...,
-        *,
-        cursor_factory: Callable[..., CursorT] = ...,
-        withhold: bool = ...,
-        scrollable: Optional[bool] = ...,
-    ) -> CursorT:
-        ...
-
-    @overload
-    def cursor(
-        self,
-        name: Union[str, bytes, None],
-        cursor_factory: Callable[..., CursorT] = ...,
-        withhold: bool = ...,
-        scrollable: Optional[bool] = ...,
-    ) -> CursorT:
-        ...
-
-    def cursor(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> cursor:
-        kwargs["cursor_factory"] = TimeTrackingCursor
-        return super().cursor(*args, **kwargs)
-
 
 def reset_queries() -> None:
     from django.db import connections
diff --git a/zproject/computed_settings.py b/zproject/computed_settings.py
index edc9d0f55a..54e91428b7 100644
--- a/zproject/computed_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/computed_settings.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, Final, List, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import get_tornado_ports
-from zerver.lib.db import TimeTrackingConnection
+from zerver.lib.db import TimeTrackingConnection, TimeTrackingCursor
 
 from .config import (
     DEPLOY_ROOT,
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ DATABASES: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {
         "CONN_MAX_AGE": 600,
         "OPTIONS": {
             "connection_factory": TimeTrackingConnection,
+            "cursor_factory": TimeTrackingCursor,
         },
     }
 }
diff --git a/zproject/test_extra_settings.py b/zproject/test_extra_settings.py
index 0a8f9b7e3f..cbea88b7d6 100644
--- a/zproject/test_extra_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/test_extra_settings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 import ldap
 from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
 
-from zerver.lib.db import TimeTrackingConnection
+from zerver.lib.db import TimeTrackingConnection, TimeTrackingCursor
 from zproject.settings_types import OIDCIdPConfigDict, SAMLIdPConfigDict, SCIMConfigDict
 
 from .config import DEPLOY_ROOT, get_from_file_if_exists
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ DATABASES["default"] = {
     "TEST_NAME": "django_zulip_tests",
     "OPTIONS": {
         "connection_factory": TimeTrackingConnection,
+        "cursor_factory": TimeTrackingCursor,
     },
 }