diff --git a/nix/project.nix b/nix/project.nix
index 85ed02ae95..8ca3aff039 100644
--- a/nix/project.nix
+++ b/nix/project.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ let
           # Darwin builds, and including them on Linux breaks lorri, so we
           # only add these options when building on Darwin.
           marlowe-cli.components.exes.marlowe-cli.build-tools =
-            mkIfDarwin [ pkgs.buildPackages.buildPackages.gitReallyMinimal ];
+            mkIfDarwin [ pkgs.buildPackages.buildPackages.gitReallyMinimal ]
+            ++ lib.optional pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [ pkgs.postgresql ];
 
           async-components.ghcOptions = [ "-Werror" ];
           cardano-integration.ghcOptions = [ "-Werror" ];
@@ -87,12 +88,11 @@ let
             lib.optional pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "-L${static-bzip2.out}/lib";
 
           # marlowe-cli.components.exes.marlowe-cli.build-tools =
-          #   lib.optional pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [ pkgs.postgresql ];
 
-          marlowe-cli.components.exes.marlowe-cli.preCheck =
-            lib.optionalString pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
-              PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.postgresql ]}:$PATH
-            '';
+          # marlowe-cli.components.exes.marlowe-cli.preCheck =
+          #   lib.optionalString pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
+          #     PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.postgresql ]}:$PATH
+          #   '';
 
           # We need to be a bit more careful with setting the static-bzip2 flag here.
           # We do not want it to end up in the library component of marlowe-apps.