diff --git a/swh/lister/__init__.py b/swh/lister/__init__.py
index 28e81ef6fd118ee94e264c1a3db8cd0492daa726..4d3108393d146572ff71a1671f8bf2eb7b28c863 100644
--- a/swh/lister/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/lister/__init__.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def get_lister(lister_name, db_url=None, **conf):
             % (lister_name, SUPPORTED_LISTERS)
         )
     if db_url:
-        conf["lister"] = {"cls": "local", "args": {"db": db_url}}
+        conf["lister"] = {"cls": "postgresql", "db": db_url}
 
     registry_entry = LISTERS[lister_name].load()()
     lister_cls = registry_entry["lister"]
diff --git a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
index 1be417c4747fce81228adf85c58abda53acfa32f..37dceaca10a77cab169fac44a1133c7e877d33fe 100644
--- a/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cgit/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def test_lister_cgit_instantiation_with_credentials(
 def test_lister_cgit_from_configfile(swh_scheduler_config, mocker):
     load_from_envvar = mocker.patch("swh.lister.pattern.load_from_envvar")
     load_from_envvar.return_value = {
-        "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+        "scheduler": {"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
         "url": "https://git.tizen/cgit/",
         "instance": "tizen",
         "credentials": {},
diff --git a/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
index 89f9da54271ffcf35d9bdc123769d8b8280ebefd..db01d8c24e3ad5171d63a99361bf55c87522357d 100644
--- a/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def test_lister_cran_instantiation_with_credentials(
 def test_lister_cran_from_configfile(swh_scheduler_config, mocker):
     load_from_envvar = mocker.patch("swh.lister.pattern.load_from_envvar")
     load_from_envvar.return_value = {
-        "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+        "scheduler": {"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
         "credentials": {},
     }
     lister = CRANLister.from_configfile()
diff --git a/swh/lister/debian/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/debian/tests/test_lister.py
index b734d35822c2e2bd962ef13d3383905540c811c3..37471ec6eabdf8cb363671fd6a2504625eff8a05 100644
--- a/swh/lister/debian/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/debian/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def test_lister_debian_instantiation_with_credentials(
 def test_lister_debian_from_configfile(swh_scheduler_config, mocker):
     load_from_envvar = mocker.patch("swh.lister.pattern.load_from_envvar")
     load_from_envvar.return_value = {
-        "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+        "scheduler": {"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
         "credentials": {},
     }
     lister = DebianLister.from_configfile()
diff --git a/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py
index 8cbb3b15d41ee55638e75b4fa01c8ec192502b81..e731c9828d437d3576d17b15e186e6864fb92fd5 100644
--- a/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_gnu_lister(swh_scheduler, requests_mock_datadir):
 def test_gnu_lister_from_configfile(swh_scheduler_config, mocker):
     load_from_envvar = mocker.patch("swh.lister.pattern.load_from_envvar")
     load_from_envvar.return_value = {
-        "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+        "scheduler": {"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
         "credentials": {},
     }
     lister = GNULister.from_configfile()
diff --git a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
index 50e0b43c207db86673bdd24d44ea70f18c4da580..2bbb9ebf35a657fb043ccd288611e64958d88c15 100644
--- a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def _check_listed_origins(scheduler_origins, launchpad_response, vcs_type="git")
 def test_lister_from_configfile(swh_scheduler_config, mocker):
     load_from_envvar = mocker.patch("swh.lister.pattern.load_from_envvar")
     load_from_envvar.return_value = {
-        "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+        "scheduler": {"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
         "credentials": {},
     }
     lister = LaunchpadLister.from_configfile()
diff --git a/swh/lister/packagist/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/packagist/tests/test_lister.py
index 5591314dedba772b77f4c6db0b542e2fee4d1bc6..fbb4803fdb143026ed6ce08b72f73b1c1da94ef2 100644
--- a/swh/lister/packagist/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/packagist/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def test_packagist_lister_package_normalize_github_origin(
 def test_lister_from_configfile(swh_scheduler_config, mocker):
     load_from_envvar = mocker.patch("swh.lister.pattern.load_from_envvar")
     load_from_envvar.return_value = {
-        "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+        "scheduler": {"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
         "credentials": {},
     }
     lister = PackagistLister.from_configfile()
diff --git a/swh/lister/pypi/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/pypi/tests/test_lister.py
index a6dac887f70bb76f3fef858781d632cbc2e2f95d..efd12a18d837bd4e787c8684b84c7f13fe8e402b 100644
--- a/swh/lister/pypi/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/pypi/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_lister_pypi_instantiation_with_credentials(
 def test_lister_pypi_from_configfile(swh_scheduler_config, mocker):
     load_from_envvar = mocker.patch("swh.lister.pattern.load_from_envvar")
     load_from_envvar.return_value = {
-        "scheduler": {"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+        "scheduler": {"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
         "credentials": {},
     }
     lister = PyPILister.from_configfile()
diff --git a/swh/lister/tests/test_cli.py b/swh/lister/tests/test_cli.py
index 7329424ad0997ef6ad5b45a3a2717c7281fd4368..b07fff20cba9d1052a8376f942ddd9451aca18b3 100644
--- a/swh/lister/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/swh/lister/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_get_lister(swh_scheduler_config):
     for lister_name in SUPPORTED_LISTERS:
         lst = get_lister(
             lister_name,
-            scheduler={"cls": "local", **swh_scheduler_config},
+            scheduler={"cls": "postgresql", **swh_scheduler_config},
             **lister_args.get(lister_name, {}),
         )
         assert hasattr(lst, "run")