diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Home/ServiceStatus.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Home/ServiceStatus.tsx
index 7f610fabb2..2d0699bfed 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Home/ServiceStatus.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Home/ServiceStatus.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
 import { useParams } from 'common'
 import { useEdgeFunctionServiceStatusQuery } from 'data/service-status/edge-functions-status-query'
-import { usePostgresServiceStatusQuery } from 'data/service-status/postgres-service-status-query'
 import {
   ProjectServiceStatus,
   useProjectServiceStatusQuery,
@@ -112,24 +111,12 @@ const ServiceStatus = () => {
         refetchInterval: (data) => (!data?.healthy ? 5000 : false),
       }
     )
-  const {
-    isLoading: isLoadingPostgres,
-    isSuccess: isSuccessPostgres,
-    refetch: refetchPostgresServiceStatus,
-  } = usePostgresServiceStatusQuery(
-    {
-      projectRef: ref,
-      connectionString: project?.connectionString,
-    },
-    {
-      refetchInterval: (data) => (data === null ? 5000 : false),
-    }
-  )
 
   const authStatus = status?.find((service) => service.name === 'auth')
   const restStatus = status?.find((service) => service.name === 'rest')
   const realtimeStatus = status?.find((service) => service.name === 'realtime')
   const storageStatus = status?.find((service) => service.name === 'storage')
+  const dbStatus = status?.find((service) => service.name === 'db')
 
   // [Joshen] Need individual troubleshooting docs for each service eventually for users to self serve
   const services: {
@@ -145,8 +132,9 @@ const ServiceStatus = () => {
       name: 'Database',
       error: undefined,
       docsUrl: undefined,
-      isLoading: isLoadingPostgres,
-      isSuccess: isSuccessPostgres,
+      isLoading: isLoading,
+      isSuccess: dbStatus?.healthy,
+      status: dbStatus?.status,
       logsUrl: '/logs/postgres-logs',
     },
     {
@@ -230,7 +218,6 @@ const ServiceStatus = () => {
 
       timer = setTimeout(() => {
         refetchServiceStatus()
-        refetchPostgresServiceStatus()
         refetchEdgeFunctionServiceStatus()
       }, remainingTimeTillNextCheck * 1000)
     }
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/service-status/postgres-service-status-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/service-status/postgres-service-status-query.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b2343660a6..0000000000
--- a/apps/studio/data/service-status/postgres-service-status-query.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import { useQuery, UseQueryOptions } from '@tanstack/react-query'
-
-import { handleError, post } from 'data/fetchers'
-import type { ResponseError } from 'types'
-import { serviceStatusKeys } from './keys'
-
-export type PostgresServiceStatusVariables = {
-  projectRef?: string
-  connectionString?: string
-}
-
-export async function getPostgresServiceStatus(
-  { projectRef, connectionString }: PostgresServiceStatusVariables,
-  signal?: AbortSignal
-) {
-  if (!projectRef) throw new Error('projectRef is required')
-  if (!connectionString) throw new Error('connectionString is required')
-
-  let headers = new Headers()
-  headers.set('x-connection-encrypted', connectionString)
-
-  const { error } = await post('/platform/pg-meta/{ref}/query', {
-    params: {
-      header: { 'x-connection-encrypted': connectionString! },
-      path: { ref: projectRef },
-      // @ts-expect-error Intentional key for easier reference of query in the network tab
-      query: { key: 'service_status' },
-    },
-    body: { query: 'select 1' },
-    headers,
-    signal,
-  })
-
-  if (error) handleError(error)
-  return error === undefined
-}
-
-export type PostgresServiceStatusData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getPostgresServiceStatus>>
-export type PostgresServiceStatusError = ResponseError
-
-export const usePostgresServiceStatusQuery = <TData = PostgresServiceStatusData>(
-  { projectRef, connectionString }: PostgresServiceStatusVariables,
-  {
-    enabled = true,
-    ...options
-  }: UseQueryOptions<PostgresServiceStatusData, PostgresServiceStatusError, TData> = {}
-) =>
-  useQuery<PostgresServiceStatusData, PostgresServiceStatusError, TData>(
-    serviceStatusKeys.postgres(projectRef),
-    ({ signal }) => getPostgresServiceStatus({ projectRef, connectionString }, signal),
-    {
-      enabled:
-        enabled && typeof projectRef !== 'undefined' && typeof connectionString !== 'undefined',
-      staleTime: 0,
-      ...options,
-    }
-  )
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/service-status/service-status-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/service-status/service-status-query.ts
index 4b47577a93..78eb015b8f 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/service-status/service-status-query.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/service-status/service-status-query.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function getProjectServiceStatus(
     params: {
       path: { ref: projectRef },
       query: {
-        services: ['auth', 'realtime', 'rest', 'storage'],
+        services: ['auth', 'realtime', 'rest', 'storage', 'db'],
       },
     },
     signal,