diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-common-overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-common-overrides.nix
index 0fc6d0bf4717..82694607b094 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-common-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-common-overrides.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ in
       '';
   });
 
+  pq = super.pq.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    buildInputs = old.buildInputs or [ ] ++ [ pkgs.postgresql ];
+  });
+
   # native compilation for tests/seq-tests.el never ends
   # delete tests/seq-tests.el to workaround this
   seq = super.seq.overrideAttrs (old: {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
index 1d04c8f361e0..eb3476e08261 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-devel-packages.nix
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ self: let
     commonOverrides = import ./elpa-common-overrides.nix pkgs;
 
     overrides = self: super: {
-      pq = super.pq.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        buildInputs = (old.buildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pkgs.postgresql ];
-      });
     };
 
     elpaDevelPackages =