diff --git a/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/run-postgres.sh b/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/run-postgres.sh
index 5d3084012b..427fa4a677 100755
--- a/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/run-postgres.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/run-postgres.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 rm -f /appsmith-stacks/data/postgres/main/core.*
-mkdir -p "$TMP/postgres-stats"
-exec /usr/lib/postgresql/13/bin/postgres -D "/appsmith-stacks/data/postgres/main" -c listen_addresses=127.0.0.1 -c stats_temp_directory="$TMP/postgres-stats"
+exec /usr/lib/postgresql/13/bin/postgres -D "/appsmith-stacks/data/postgres/main" -c listen_addresses=127.0.0.1