diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 6cb040ab18..4828d6af79 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -198,8 +198,14 @@ endif
 define COLLECTD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(@D) install
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/collectd-nagios
+endef
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_POSTGRESQL),)
+define COLLECTD_REMOVE_UNNEEDED_POSTGRESQL_DEFAULT_CONF
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/collectd/postgresql_default.conf
 endef
+COLLECTD_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += COLLECTD_REMOVE_UNNEEDED_POSTGRESQL_DEFAULT_CONF
+endif
 
 define COLLECTD_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/collectd/collectd.service \