https://bugs.gentoo.org/964715

diff --git a/make-linux.mk b/make-linux.mk
index 5ac8a7d95..1a0de0163 100644
--- a/make-linux.mk
+++ b/make-linux.mk
@@ -348,9 +348,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(ZT_CONTROLLER),1)
 	override CXXFLAGS+=-Wall -Wno-deprecated -std=c++17 -pthread $(INCLUDES) -DNDEBUG $(DEFS)
-	override LDLIBS+=-Lext/libpqxx-7.7.3/install/ubuntu22.04/$(EXT_ARCH)/lib -lpqxx -lpq ext/hiredis-1.0.2/lib/ubuntu22.04/$(EXT_ARCH)/libhiredis.a ext/redis-plus-plus-1.3.3/install/ubuntu22.04/$(EXT_ARCH)/lib/libredis++.a -lssl -lcrypto
-	override DEFS+=-DZT_CONTROLLER_USE_LIBPQ -DZT_NO_PEER_METRICS -DZT_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED
-	override INCLUDES+=-I/usr/include/postgresql -Iext/libpqxx-7.7.3/install/ubuntu22.04/$(EXT_ARCH)/include -Iext/hiredis-1.0.2/include/ -Iext/redis-plus-plus-1.3.3/install/ubuntu22.04/$(EXT_ARCH)/include/sw/
+	override LDLIBS+=-lssl -lcrypto
+	override DEFS+=-DZT_NO_PEER_METRICS -DZT_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED
 	ifeq ($(ZT_DEBUG),1)
 		override LDLIBS+=rustybits/target/debug/libsmeeclient.a
 	else