diff --git a/tools/postgres/BUILD b/tools/postgres/BUILD
index e57ec0f9..6cfe239f 100644
--- a/tools/postgres/BUILD
+++ b/tools/postgres/BUILD
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-load("@io_bazel_rules_docker//container:image.bzl", "container_image")
-
-# Exists purely to give a clean name to the postgres Docker image.
-container_image(
-    name = "postgres_image",
-    base = "@postgres//image",
-)
-
 load("//tools:ts_library.bzl", "ts_library")
 
 ts_library(
@@ -15,9 +7,6 @@ ts_library(
     srcs = glob(
         ["*.ts"],
     ),
-    data = [
-        ":postgres_image",
-    ],
     deps = [
         "//common/promises",
         "//testing",
diff --git a/tools/postgres/postgres_fixture.ts b/tools/postgres/postgres_fixture.ts
index ca0da071..db2c87f6 100644
--- a/tools/postgres/postgres_fixture.ts
+++ b/tools/postgres/postgres_fixture.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,15 @@ import { sleepUntil } from "sa/common/promises";
 import { IHookHandler } from "sa/testing";
 
 const USE_CLOUD_BUILD_NETWORK = !!process.env.USE_CLOUD_BUILD_NETWORK;
-const DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME = "postgres-df-integration-testing";
+const DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME = "postgres-sa-integration-testing";
+const POSTGRES_IMAGE = "postgres:15-alpine";
 const POSTGRES_SERVE_PORT = 5432;
 
 export class PostgresFixture {
   public static readonly host = USE_CLOUD_BUILD_NETWORK ? DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME : "localhost";
 
-  private static imageLoaded = false;
-
   constructor(port: number, setUp: IHookHandler, tearDown: IHookHandler) {
     setUp("starting postgres", async () => {
-      if (!PostgresFixture.imageLoaded) {
-        // Load the postgres image into the local Docker daemon.
-        execSync("tools/postgres/postgres_image.executable");
-        PostgresFixture.imageLoaded = true;
-      }
-      // Run the postgres Docker image.
       execSync(
         [
           "docker run",
@@ -30,7 +23,7 @@ export class PostgresFixture {
           "-d",
           `-p ${port}:${POSTGRES_SERVE_PORT}`,
           USE_CLOUD_BUILD_NETWORK ? "--network cloudbuild" : "",
-          "bazel/tools/postgres:postgres_image"
+          POSTGRES_IMAGE
         ].join(" ")
       );