diff --git a/postgres/CHANGELOG.md b/postgres/CHANGELOG.md
index b134cebd0..9613775d1 100644
--- a/postgres/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/postgres/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-## 15.7-37 (29-05-2025)
-
 - BREAKING CHANGE : please backup your database before updating
 - Automatically restarts immich addons after upgrade
 - Describe list of databases and extensions in log
 - Improve upgrade system for postgres and extensions
+- Drop vectors from postgres database (not needed)
 - Switch to new image supporting both vector.rs and VectorChord to support immich https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/tag/v1.133.0
 
 ## 15.7-29 (15-02-2025)
diff --git a/postgres/config.json b/postgres/config.json
index b6a376d44..e932bd3d5 100644
--- a/postgres/config.json
+++ b/postgres/config.json
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
   "slug": "postgres",
   "udev": true,
   "url": "https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/tree/master/postgres",
-  "version": "15.7-37"
+  "version": "15.7-38"
 }
diff --git a/postgres/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/postgres/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index 47f6075e1..c26fbdd35 100755
--- a/postgres/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/postgres/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -84,36 +84,33 @@ install_vchord_and_vectors_for_old_pg() {
     rm -f "$vectors_deb"
 }
 
-# ───----  NEW  drop_vectors_everywhere  ----──────────────────────────────
-drop_vectors_everywhere() {
-    local old_pgver="$1"
+# ───----  drop_vectors_extension  ----──────────────────────────────
+drop_vectors_extension() {
+    local pgver="$1"
+    local databases="$2"
+    local extname="vectors"
+    local bin_dir="$BINARIES_DIR/$pgver/bin"
+    local dbs=""
 
-    # 1. start the old cluster on a private socket/port
-    su - postgres -c "$BINARIES_DIR/$old_pgver/bin/pg_ctl \
-            -w -D '$PGDATA' -o \"-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf \
-            -c listen_addresses='' -c port=65432\" start"
+    if [ "$databases" = "all" ]; then
+        dbs=$(su - postgres -c \
+            "$bin_dir/psql -Atc \"SELECT datname FROM pg_database WHERE datistemplate = false AND datallowconn\"" )
+    else
+        dbs="$databases"
+    fi
 
-    # 2. loop over non-template databases
-    for db in $(su - postgres -c \
-            "$BINARIES_DIR/$old_pgver/bin/psql -Atc \
-            \"SELECT datname FROM pg_database
-              WHERE datistemplate = false AND datallowconn\""); do
-        # does the extension exist?
+    for db in $dbs; do
+        # Does the extension exist in this db?
         if su - postgres -c \
-           "$BINARIES_DIR/$old_pgver/bin/psql -d $db -Atc \
-            \"SELECT 1 FROM pg_extension WHERE extname='vectors'\"" \
-           | grep -q 1; then
-            bashio::log.warning "Dropping extension vectors from DB $db"
+           "$bin_dir/psql -d $db -Atc \"SELECT 1 FROM pg_extension WHERE extname='$extname'\"" | grep -q 1; then
+            bashio::log.warning "Dropping extension $extname from DB $db"
             su - postgres -c \
-               "$BINARIES_DIR/$old_pgver/bin/psql -d $db -c \
-                'DROP EXTENSION vectors CASCADE;'"
+               "$bin_dir/psql -d $db -c 'DROP EXTENSION $extname CASCADE;'"
         fi
     done
-
-    # 3. stop the cluster again
-    su - postgres -c "$BINARIES_DIR/$old_pgver/bin/pg_ctl -w -D '$PGDATA' stop"
 }
 
+
 upgrade_postgres_if_needed() {
     CLUSTER_VERSION=$(get_pgdata_version)
     IMAGE_VERSION="$PG_MAJOR_VERSION"
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ upgrade_postgres_if_needed() {
         fi
 
         # Drop vectors
-        drop_vectors_everywhere "$CLUSTER_VERSION"
+        drop_vectors_extension "$CLUSTER_VERSION" all
 
         # Create postgresql.conf if not existing
         cp -n --preserve=mode "/var/postgresql-conf-tpl/postgresql.hdd.conf" /etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf
@@ -378,6 +375,9 @@ upgrade_extension_if_needed() {
     done
 }
 
+# Drop vectors from the postgres database, this is not needed
+drop_vectors_extension "$PG_MAJOR_VERSION" "postgres"
+
 upgrade_extension_if_needed "vectors"
 upgrade_extension_if_needed "vchord"