diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Database.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Database.cs
index e36241ef0..dd6a79f73 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Database.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Database.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Data;
+using System.Data.Common;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Dapper;
 using NLog;
@@ -56,24 +57,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Datastore
         {
             get
             {
-                using (var db = _datamapperFactory())
-                {
-                    string version;
+                using var db = _datamapperFactory();
+                var dbConnection = db as DbConnection;
+                var version = Regex.Replace(dbConnection.ServerVersion, @"\(.*?\)", "");
 
-                    try
-                    {
-                        version = db.QueryFirstOrDefault<string>("SHOW server_version");
-
-                        // Postgres can return extra info about operating system on version call, ignore this
-                        version = Regex.Replace(version, @"\(.*?\)", "");
-                    }
-                    catch
-                    {
-                        version = db.QueryFirstOrDefault<string>("SELECT sqlite_version()");
-                    }
-
-                    return new Version(version);
-                }
+                return new Version(version);
             }
         }