diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix
index f946f9fc1459..0254bbe951d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.4.x.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
     url = "mirror://postgresql/source/v${version}/postgresql-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "09iqr9sldiq7jz1rdnywp2wv36lxy5m8kch3vpchd1s4fz75c7aw";
   };
-
-  patches = [ ./disable-resolve_symlinks.patch ];
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.0.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.0.x.nix
index b2a53bfc4b1f..dba42e4fb110 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.0.x.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
     url = "mirror://postgresql/source/v${version}/postgresql-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0vxa90d1ghv6vg4c6kxvm2skypahvlq4sd968q7l9ff3dl145z02";
   };
-
-  patches = [ ./disable-resolve_symlinks.patch ];
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.1.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.1.x.nix
index 1debe457e1fd..138bc4a30232 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.1.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.1.x.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
     url = "mirror://postgresql/source/v${version}/postgresql-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0mllj1r1648iwm0qj3cj9qxizhlyhqmz94iydnwhf48psvvy4r9b";
   };
-
-  patches = [ ./disable-resolve_symlinks.patch ];
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix
index 477bb9d2484d..9517b4e803cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
     url = "mirror://postgresql/source/v${version}/postgresql-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1k5i73ninqyz76zzpi06ajj5qawf30zwr16x8wrgq6swzvsgbck5";
   };
-
-  patches = [ ./disable-resolve_symlinks.patch ];
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix
index b7b2e3014ce4..46d2030224d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 , walBlockSizeKB ? 8, walSegmentSizeMB ? 16
 
 # Version specific arguments
-, psqlSchema , version, src, patches ? [ ]
+, psqlSchema , version, src
 , ...
 }:
 
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ let
   optLibxml2 = shouldUsePkg libxml2;
   optLibxslt = shouldUsePkg libxslt;
   optZlib = shouldUsePkg zlib;
-
-  patches' = [ ./less-is-more.patch ] ++ patches;
 in
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -34,7 +32,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   inherit src;
 
-  patches = patches';
+  patches = [
+    ./less-is-more.patch
+  ] ++ optionals (versionOlder version "9.4.0") [
+    ./disable-resolve_symlinks.patch
+  ] ++ optionals (versionAtLeast version "9.4.0") [
+    ./disable-resolve_symlinks-94.patch
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ bison flex ];
   buildInputs = [