diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 66da7bdff..9ba65c983 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/infobloxopen/hotload v0.0.0-20210618153036-1535a93a8521
-	github.com/jackc/fake v0.0.0-20150926172116-812a484cc733 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgconn v1.13.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgerrcode v0.0.0-20201024163028-a0d42d470451
-	github.com/jackc/pgx v3.6.2+incompatible
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.17.2
 	github.com/kardianos/osext v0.0.0-20190222173326-2bc1f35cddc0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1bb0ab467..69e7f626e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -417,8 +417,6 @@ github.com/jackc/chunkreader v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RT6O25fNZIuasFJRyZ4R/Y2BbhasbmZXF9
 github.com/jackc/chunkreader/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:odVSm741yZoC3dpHEUXIqA9tQRhFrgOHwnPIn9lDKlk=
 github.com/jackc/chunkreader/v2 v2.0.1 h1:i+RDz65UE+mmpjTfyz0MoVTnzeYxroil2G82ki7MGG8=
 github.com/jackc/chunkreader/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:odVSm741yZoC3dpHEUXIqA9tQRhFrgOHwnPIn9lDKlk=
-github.com/jackc/fake v0.0.0-20150926172116-812a484cc733 h1:vr3AYkKovP8uR8AvSGGUK1IDqRa5lAAvEkZG1LKaCRc=
-github.com/jackc/fake v0.0.0-20150926172116-812a484cc733/go.mod h1:WrMFNQdiFJ80sQsxDoMokWK1W5TQtxBFNpzWTD84ibQ=
 github.com/jackc/pgconn v0.0.0-20190420214824-7e0022ef6ba3/go.mod h1:jkELnwuX+w9qN5YIfX0fl88Ehu4XC3keFuOJJk9pcnA=
 github.com/jackc/pgconn v0.0.0-20190824142844-760dd75542eb/go.mod h1:lLjNuW/+OfW9/pnVKPazfWOgNfH2aPem8YQ7ilXGvJE=
 github.com/jackc/pgconn v0.0.0-20190831204454-2fabfa3c18b7/go.mod h1:ZJKsE/KZfsUgOEh9hBm+xYTstcNHg7UPMVJqRfQxq4s=
@@ -464,8 +462,6 @@ github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.6.2/go.mod h1:JCULISAZBFGrHaOXIIFiyfzW5VY0GRitRr8NeJs
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.8.1-0.20210724151600-32e20a603178/go.mod h1:C516IlIV9NKqfsMCXTdChteoXmwgUceqaLfjg2e3NlM=
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.12.0 h1:Dlq8Qvcch7kiehm8wPGIW0W3KsCCHJnRacKW0UM8n5w=
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.12.0/go.mod h1:LUMuVrfsFfdKGLw+AFFVv6KtHOFMwRgDDzBt76IqCA4=
-github.com/jackc/pgx v3.6.2+incompatible h1:2zP5OD7kiyR3xzRYMhOcXVvkDZsImVXfj+yIyTQf3/o=
-github.com/jackc/pgx v3.6.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:0ZGrqGqkRlliWnWB4zKnWtjbSWbGkVEFm4TeybAXq+I=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-20190420224344-cc3461e65d96/go.mod h1:mdxmSJJuR08CZQyj1PVQBHy9XOp5p8/SHH6a0psbY9Y=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-20190421002000-1b8f0016e912/go.mod h1:no/Y67Jkk/9WuGR0JG/JseM9irFbnEPbuWV2EELPNuM=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-pre1.0.20190824185557-6972a5742186/go.mod h1:X+GQnOEnf1dqHGpw7JmHqHc1NxDoalibchSk9/RWuDc=
diff --git a/internal/cli/main.go b/internal/cli/main.go
index 15f0fbb27..985696312 100644
--- a/internal/cli/main.go
+++ b/internal/cli/main.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/infobloxopen/hotload"
 	_ "github.com/infobloxopen/hotload/fsnotify"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/stdlib"
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ const (
 
 func init() {
 	hotload.RegisterSQLDriver("postgres", pq.Driver{})
-	hotload.RegisterSQLDriver("pgx", stdlib.GetDefaultDriver())
 }
 
 func handleSubCmdHelp(help bool, usage string, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {