diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__postgres_extension/explorer/postgres_user b/cdist/conf/type/__postgres_extension/explorer/postgres_user
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..714e7237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__postgres_extension/explorer/postgres_user
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../__postgres_conf/explorer/postgres_user
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__postgres_extension/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__postgres_extension/gencode-remote
index af9c97f1..a1c84828 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__postgres_extension/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__postgres_extension/gencode-remote
@@ -22,18 +22,7 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-case "$(cat "${__global}/explorer/os")"
-in
-   netbsd)
-      postgres_user='pgsql'
-      ;;
-   openbsd)
-      postgres_user='_postgresql'
-      ;;
-   *)
-      postgres_user='postgres'
-      ;;
-esac
+postgres_user=$(cat "${__object:?}/explorer/postgres_user")
 
 
 dbname=$(    echo "$__object_id" | cut -d":" -f1 )