diff --git a/third_party/ibis/ibis_postgres/client.py b/third_party/ibis/ibis_postgres/client.py
index 09fa67f92..d44e4ca60 100644
--- a/third_party/ibis/ibis_postgres/client.py
+++ b/third_party/ibis/ibis_postgres/client.py
@@ -12,15 +12,61 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from typing import Literal
+
 import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt
 import ibis.expr.schema as sch
-from ibis import util
-
 import sqlalchemy as sa
+from ibis import util
 from ibis.backends.postgres import Backend as PostgresBackend
 from ibis.backends.postgres.datatypes import _BRACKETS, _parse_numeric, _type_mapping
 
 
+def do_connect(
+    self,
+    host: str = "localhost",
+    user: str = None,
+    password: str = None,
+    port: int = 5432,
+    database: str = None,
+    schema: str = None,
+    url: str = None,
+    driver: Literal["psycopg2"] = "psycopg2",
+) -> None:
+    # Override do_connect() method to remove DDL queries to CREATE/DROP FUNCTION
+    if driver != "psycopg2":
+        raise NotImplementedError("psycopg2 is currently the only supported driver")
+
+    alchemy_url = self._build_alchemy_url(
+        url=url,
+        host=host,
+        port=port,
+        user=user,
+        password=password,
+        database=database,
+        driver=f"postgresql+{driver}",
+    )
+    self.database_name = alchemy_url.database
+    connect_args = {}
+    if schema is not None:
+        connect_args["options"] = f"-csearch_path={schema}"
+
+    engine = sa.create_engine(
+        alchemy_url, connect_args=connect_args, poolclass=sa.pool.StaticPool
+    )
+
+    @sa.event.listens_for(engine, "connect")
+    def connect(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
+        with dbapi_connection.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute("SET TIMEZONE = UTC")
+
+    # Equivalent of super().do_connect() below
+    self.con = engine
+    self._inspector = sa.inspect(self.con)
+    self._schemas: dict[str, sch.Schema] = {}
+    self._temp_views: set[str] = set()
+
+
 def _metadata(self, query: str) -> sch.Schema:
     raw_name = util.guid()
     name = self._quote(raw_name)
@@ -72,3 +118,4 @@ def list_schemas(self, like=None):
 
 PostgresBackend._metadata = _metadata
 PostgresBackend.list_databases = list_schemas
+PostgresBackend.do_connect = do_connect