diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fc81ab537f..505f26b6e8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a // indirect
-	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/asmfmt v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9 // indirect
diff --git a/surfacers/internal/postgres/postgres.go b/surfacers/internal/postgres/postgres.go
index c011fdd64f..840bd83ac2 100644
--- a/surfacers/internal/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/surfacers/internal/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ package postgres
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudprober/cloudprober/metrics"
 	"github.com/cloudprober/cloudprober/surfacers/internal/common/options"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
 
 	configpb "github.com/cloudprober/cloudprober/surfacers/internal/postgres/proto"
 )
@@ -168,46 +165,9 @@ func (s *Surfacer) emToPGMetrics(em *metrics.EventMetrics) []pgMetric {
 	return pgMerics
 }
 
-// Surfacer structures for writing to postgres.
-type Surfacer struct {
-	// Configuration
-	c       *configpb.SurfacerConf
-	opts    *options.Options
-	columns []string
-
-	// Channel for incoming data.
-	writeChan chan *metrics.EventMetrics
-
-	// Cloud logger
-	l *logger.Logger
-
-	openDB func(connectionString string) (*sql.DB, error)
-	db     *sql.DB
-}
-
-// New initializes a Postgres surfacer. Postgres surfacer inserts probe results
-// into a postgres database.
-func New(ctx context.Context, config *configpb.SurfacerConf, opts *options.Options, l *logger.Logger) (*Surfacer, error) {
-	s := &Surfacer{
-		c:    config,
-		opts: opts,
-		l:    l,
-		openDB: func(cs string) (*sql.DB, error) {
-			return sql.Open("pgx", cs)
-		},
-	}
-	return s, s.init(ctx)
-}
-
 // writeMetrics parses events metrics into postgres rows, starts a transaction
 // and inserts all discreet metric rows represented by the EventMetrics
 func (s *Surfacer) writeMetrics(ctx context.Context, ems []*metrics.EventMetrics) error {
-	conn, err := s.db.Conn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error acquiring conn from the DB pool: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer conn.Close()
-
 	var rows [][]any
 
 	for _, em := range ems {
@@ -229,21 +189,18 @@ func (s *Surfacer) writeMetrics(ctx context.Context, ems []*metrics.EventMetrics
 		}
 	}
 
-	return conn.Raw(func(driverConn any) error {
-		conn := driverConn.(*stdlib.Conn).Conn()
-		_, err := conn.CopyFrom(ctx, pgx.Identifier{s.c.GetMetricsTableName()}, s.columns, pgx.CopyFromRows(rows))
-		return err
-	})
+	_, err := s.dbconn.CopyFrom(ctx, pgx.Identifier{s.c.GetMetricsTableName()}, s.columns, pgx.CopyFromRows(rows))
+	return err
 }
 
 // init connects to postgres
 func (s *Surfacer) init(ctx context.Context) error {
 	var err error
 
-	if s.db, err = s.openDB(s.c.GetConnectionString()); err != nil {
+	if s.dbconn, err = s.openDB(s.c.GetConnectionString()); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err = s.db.Ping(); err != nil {
+	if err = s.dbconn.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	s.writeChan = make(chan *metrics.EventMetrics, s.c.GetMetricsBufferSize())
@@ -255,7 +212,7 @@ func (s *Surfacer) init(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// Start a goroutine to run forever, polling on the writeChan. Allows
 	// for the surfacer to write asynchronously to the serial port.
 	go func() {
-		defer s.db.Close()
+		defer s.dbconn.Close(ctx)
 
 		metricsBatchSize, batchTimerSec := s.c.GetMetricsBatchSize(), s.c.GetBatchTimerSec()
 
@@ -314,7 +271,7 @@ func generateValues(labels map[string]string, ltc []*configpb.LabelToColumn) []a
 		if val, ok := labels[v.GetLabel()]; ok {
 			args = append(args, val)
 		} else {
-			args = append(args, sql.NullByte{})
+			args = append(args, nil)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -335,3 +292,34 @@ func generateColumns(ltc []*configpb.LabelToColumn) []string {
 	}
 	return columns
 }
+
+// Surfacer structures for writing to postgres.
+type Surfacer struct {
+	// Configuration
+	c       *configpb.SurfacerConf
+	opts    *options.Options
+	columns []string
+
+	// Channel for incoming data.
+	writeChan chan *metrics.EventMetrics
+
+	// Cloud logger
+	l *logger.Logger
+
+	openDB func(connectionString string) (*pgx.Conn, error)
+	dbconn *pgx.Conn
+}
+
+// New initializes a Postgres surfacer. Postgres surfacer inserts probe results
+// into a postgres database.
+func New(ctx context.Context, config *configpb.SurfacerConf, opts *options.Options, l *logger.Logger) (*Surfacer, error) {
+	s := &Surfacer{
+		c:    config,
+		opts: opts,
+		l:    l,
+		openDB: func(cs string) (*pgx.Conn, error) {
+			return pgx.Connect(ctx, cs)
+		},
+	}
+	return s, s.init(ctx)
+}