diff --git a/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.test.ts b/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.test.ts
index ea2e86912..8291ab686 100644
--- a/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   commonDirectory,
   inspectDistribution,
   materializeSymlinks,
+  removeUnshippedFiles,
 } from "./prepare-postgres-runtime";
 
 void test("packaged PostgreSQL paths retain their build-time relative layout", () => {
@@ -104,3 +105,24 @@ esac
     await fs.promises.rm(temp, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 });
+
+void test("static archives and PL/Python are left out of the packaged runtime", async () => {
+  const temp = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(
+    path.join(os.tmpdir(), "vision-postgres-plpython-"),
+  );
+  const pkglib = path.join(temp, "lib", "postgresql");
+  const extension = path.join(temp, "share", "postgresql", "extension");
+  try {
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(pkglib, { recursive: true });
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(extension, { recursive: true });
+    for (const name of ["plpython3.dylib", "libpgport.a", "pg_trgm.dylib"])
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(pkglib, name), "");
+    for (const name of ["jsonb_plpython3u.control", "pg_trgm.control"])
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(extension, name), "");
+    removeUnshippedFiles(temp);
+    assert.deepEqual(await fs.promises.readdir(pkglib), ["pg_trgm.dylib"]);
+    assert.deepEqual(await fs.promises.readdir(extension), ["pg_trgm.control"]);
+  } finally {
+    await fs.promises.rm(temp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.ts b/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.ts
index f89051bd2..833d66dfa 100644
--- a/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.ts
+++ b/packaging/electron/scripts/prepare-postgres-runtime.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@ export function assertNoSymlinks(root: string): void {
   visit(root);
 }
 
+// Static archives are link-time only. PL/Python links the python.org
+// framework (Postgres.app), which Vision neither uses nor ships; dropping it
+// keeps the relinker from trying to vendor a Python runtime.
+export function removeUnshippedFiles(root: string): void {
+  for (const filePath of walkFiles(root)) {
+    const name = path.basename(filePath);
+    if (name.endsWith(".a") || /plpython/i.test(name)) fs.rmSync(filePath);
+  }
+}
+
 function walkFiles(root: string): string[] {
   const files: string[] = [];
   function visit(current: string): void {
@@ -244,6 +254,23 @@ function dynamicLibraryId(filePath: string): string | undefined {
     .find(Boolean);
 }
 
+// Postgres.app ships universal binaries. otool prints one block per slice,
+// which the parsers above do not expect, and Vision ships one architecture.
+function thinToBuildArchitecture(filePath: string): void {
+  const architectures = run("/usr/bin/lipo", ["-archs", filePath]).split(/\s+/);
+  if (architectures.length < 2) return;
+  const architecture = process.arch === "arm64" ? "arm64" : "x86_64";
+  if (!architectures.includes(architecture)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `PostgreSQL file has no ${architecture} slice: ${path.basename(filePath)}`,
+    );
+  }
+  const thinned = `${filePath}.thin`;
+  run("/usr/bin/lipo", [filePath, "-thin", architecture, "-output", thinned]);
+  fs.chmodSync(thinned, fs.statSync(filePath).mode & 0o777);
+  fs.renameSync(thinned, filePath);
+}
+
 function systemLibrary(dependency: string): boolean {
   return (
     dependency.startsWith("/usr/lib/") ||
@@ -349,6 +376,7 @@ function relinkDistribution(
   ) {
     if (visited.has(filePath)) continue;
     visited.add(filePath);
+    thinToBuildArchitecture(filePath);
     const libraryId = dynamicLibraryId(filePath);
     for (const dependency of linkedLibraries(filePath)) {
       if (dependency === libraryId || systemLibrary(dependency)) continue;
@@ -482,6 +510,7 @@ export function preparePostgresRuntime({
       copyDirectory(source, targetDirectory);
     materializeSymlinks(root);
     assertNoSymlinks(root);
+    removeUnshippedFiles(root);
     normalizePermissions(root);
 
     const mappings = [...uniqueDirectories].map(([source, destination_]) => ({