diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b49d64704..345761f52 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ deploy-dev: createnamespaces
 ##@ Build - Binary
 .PHONY: build-postgres-operator
 build-postgres-operator: ## Build the postgres-operator binary
-	CGO_ENABLED=1 $(GO_BUILD) $(\
+	$(GO_BUILD) $(\
 		) --ldflags '-X "main.versionString=$(PGO_VERSION)"' $(\
 		) --trimpath -o bin/postgres-operator ./cmd/postgres-operator
 
diff --git a/internal/postgres/users.go b/internal/postgres/users.go
index be8785a4e..b7e351cd5 100644
--- a/internal/postgres/users.go
+++ b/internal/postgres/users.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+// [pg_query.Parse] requires CGO to compile and call https://github.com/pganalyze/libpg_query
+//go:build cgo
+
 package postgres
 
 import (