diff --git a/src/core/providers/qgssqlconnpool.h b/src/core/providers/qgssqlconnpool.h
index 00b3baa99054..200abc4a721c 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/qgssqlconnpool.h
+++ b/src/core/providers/qgssqlconnpool.h
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ class QgsSqlConnectionPool : public QgsConnectionPool<T *, T_Group>
       sInstance = nullptr;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Call instance and acquire a connection, return a shared pointer with a destructor
+     * that will call the connection pool instance's release of the connection.
+     */
+    static std::shared_ptr<T> getConnectionFromInstance( const QString &connInfo )
+    {
+      return std::shared_ptr<T>( instance()->acquireConnection( connInfo ),
+                                 []( T * connection )
+      {
+        if ( connection )
+          instance()->releaseConnection( connection );
+      } );
+    }
+
     QString connectionToName( T *connection ) override
     {
       return connection->connInfo();
diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.cpp b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.cpp
index 6c8491ab7ce3..ad2c3a7c40c4 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.cpp
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@
 
 const int PG_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30;
 
-QgsPoolPostgresConn::QgsPoolPostgresConn( const QString &connInfo )
-  : mPgConn( QgsPostgresConnPool::instance()->acquireConnection( connInfo ) )
-{
-}
-
-QgsPoolPostgresConn::~QgsPoolPostgresConn()
-{
-  if ( mPgConn )
-    QgsPostgresConnPool::instance()->releaseConnection( mPgConn );
-}
-
-
 QMap<QString, QgsPostgresConn *> QgsPostgresConn::sConnectionsRO;
 QMap<QString, QgsPostgresConn *> QgsPostgresConn::sConnectionsRW;
 
diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.h b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.h
index 7783406006ec..09e9598e9288 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.h
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresconn.h
@@ -153,18 +153,6 @@ struct QgsPostgresLayerProperty
 #endif
 };
 
-//! Wraps acquireConnection() and releaseConnection() from a QgsPostgresConnPool.
-// This can be used for creating std::shared_ptr<QgsPoolPostgresConn>.
-class QgsPoolPostgresConn
-{
-    class QgsPostgresConn *mPgConn;
-  public:
-    QgsPoolPostgresConn( const QString &connInfo );
-    ~QgsPoolPostgresConn();
-
-    class QgsPostgresConn *get() const { return mPgConn; }
-};
-
 #include "qgsconfig.h"
 constexpr int sPostgresConQueryLogFilePrefixLength = CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR[sizeof( CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR ) - 1] == '/' ? sizeof( CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR ) + 1 : sizeof( CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR );
 #define LoggedPQexecNR(_class, query) PQexecNR( query, _class, QString(QString( __FILE__ ).mid( sPostgresConQueryLogFilePrefixLength ) + ':' + QString::number( __LINE__ ) + " (" + __FUNCTION__ + ")") )
diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.cpp b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.cpp
index a243110856f2..0cc16cd64c5d 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.cpp
@@ -261,17 +261,13 @@ QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult QgsPostgresProviderConnection
   return execSqlPrivate( sql, true, feedback );
 }
 
-QList<QVariantList> QgsPostgresProviderConnection::executeSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes, QgsFeedback *feedback, std::shared_ptr<QgsPoolPostgresConn> pgconn ) const
+QList<QVariantList> QgsPostgresProviderConnection::executeSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes, QgsFeedback *feedback, std::shared_ptr<QgsPostgresConn> pgconn ) const
 {
   return execSqlPrivate( sql, resolveTypes, feedback, pgconn ).rows();
 }
 
-QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult QgsPostgresProviderConnection::execSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes, QgsFeedback *feedback, std::shared_ptr<QgsPoolPostgresConn> pgconn ) const
+QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult QgsPostgresProviderConnection::execSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes, QgsFeedback *feedback, std::shared_ptr<QgsPostgresConn> pgconn ) const
 {
-  if ( ! pgconn )
-  {
-    pgconn = std::make_shared<QgsPoolPostgresConn>( QgsDataSourceUri( uri() ).connectionInfo( false ) );
-  }
 
   std::shared_ptr<QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult::QueryResultIterator> iterator = std::make_shared<QgsPostgresProviderResultIterator>( resolveTypes );
   QueryResult results( iterator );
@@ -282,9 +278,9 @@ QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult QgsPostgresProviderConnection
     return results;
   }
 
-  QgsPostgresConn *conn = pgconn->get();
+  pgconn = QgsPostgresConnPool::getConnectionFromInstance( QgsDataSourceUri( uri() ).connectionInfo( false ) );
 
-  if ( ! conn )
+  if ( ! pgconn )
   {
     throw QgsProviderConnectionException( QObject::tr( "Connection failed: %1" ).arg( uri() ) );
   }
@@ -303,12 +299,12 @@ QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult QgsPostgresProviderConnection
       qtConnection = QObject::connect( feedback, &QgsFeedback::canceled, [ &pgconn ]
       {
         if ( pgconn )
-          pgconn->get()->PQCancel();
+          pgconn->PQCancel();
       } );
     }
 
     std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point begin = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-    std::unique_ptr<QgsPostgresResult> res = std::make_unique<QgsPostgresResult>( conn->LoggedPQexec( "QgsPostgresProviderConnection", sql ) );
+    std::unique_ptr<QgsPostgresResult> res = std::make_unique<QgsPostgresResult>( pgconn->LoggedPQexec( "QgsPostgresProviderConnection", sql ) );
     std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point end = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
     results.setQueryExecutionTime( std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>( end - begin ).count() );
 
@@ -318,20 +314,20 @@ QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult QgsPostgresProviderConnection
     }
 
     QString errCause;
-    if ( conn->PQstatus() != CONNECTION_OK || ! res->result() )
+    if ( pgconn->PQstatus() != CONNECTION_OK || ! res->result() )
     {
       errCause = QObject::tr( "Connection error: %1 returned %2 [%3]" )
-                 .arg( sql ).arg( conn->PQstatus() )
-                 .arg( conn->PQerrorMessage() );
+                 .arg( sql ).arg( pgconn->PQstatus() )
+                 .arg( pgconn->PQerrorMessage() );
     }
     else
     {
-      const QString err { conn->PQerrorMessage() };
+      const QString err { pgconn->PQerrorMessage() };
       if ( ! err.isEmpty() )
       {
         errCause = QObject::tr( "SQL error: %1 returned %2 [%3]" )
                    .arg( sql )
-                   .arg( conn->PQstatus() )
+                   .arg( pgconn->PQstatus() )
                    .arg( err );
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.h b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.h
index e8a3a116c163..c3bbb551c765 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.h
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresproviderconnection.h
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ class QgsPostgresProviderConnection : public QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnecti
 
   private:
 
-    QList<QVariantList> executeSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes = true, QgsFeedback *feedback = nullptr, std::shared_ptr< class QgsPoolPostgresConn > pgconn = nullptr ) const;
-    QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult execSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes = true, QgsFeedback *feedback = nullptr, std::shared_ptr< class QgsPoolPostgresConn > pgconn = nullptr ) const;
+    QList<QVariantList> executeSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes = true, QgsFeedback *feedback = nullptr, std::shared_ptr< class QgsPostgresConn > pgconn = nullptr ) const;
+    QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::QueryResult execSqlPrivate( const QString &sql, bool resolveTypes = true, QgsFeedback *feedback = nullptr, std::shared_ptr< class QgsPostgresConn > pgconn = nullptr ) const;
     void setDefaultCapabilities();
     void dropTablePrivate( const QString &schema, const QString &name ) const;
     void renameTablePrivate( const QString &schema, const QString &name, const QString &newName ) const;