diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/Postgres8Platform.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/Postgres8Platform.java
index d8bffb775..7dcf722dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/Postgres8Platform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/Postgres8Platform.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ public class Postgres8Platform extends PostgresPlatform {
     super();
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(false);
     this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.SEQUENCE);
-    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsSequence(true);
-    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsIdentity(true);
     this.columnAliasPrefix = "as c";
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/PostgresPlatform.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/PostgresPlatform.java
index 3f8bf71a0..05fe2d026 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/PostgresPlatform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/PostgresPlatform.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class PostgresPlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
     this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.IDENTITY);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(true);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsSequence(true);
+    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsIdentity(true);
 
     this.dbDefaultValue.setNow("current_timestamp");