diff --git a/backend/windmill-api-workspaces/src/workspaces_extra.rs b/backend/windmill-api-workspaces/src/workspaces_extra.rs
index 629a8fc42e..551b983f33 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api-workspaces/src/workspaces_extra.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api-workspaces/src/workspaces_extra.rs
@@ -908,8 +908,7 @@ async fn drop_forked_datatable_databases(
                     continue;
                 }
             };
-            let admin_pg = PgDatabase { dbname: "postgres".to_string(), ..pg };
-            match admin_pg.connect().await {
+            match pg.connect().await {
                 Ok((client, connection)) => {
                     let join_handle = tokio::spawn(async move { connection.await });
                     match client