diff --git a/database/sql/src/main/scala/cromwell/database/slick/tables/MetadataEntryComponent.scala b/database/sql/src/main/scala/cromwell/database/slick/tables/MetadataEntryComponent.scala
index 1c1225c195d..8c3c0aa27c9 100644
--- a/database/sql/src/main/scala/cromwell/database/slick/tables/MetadataEntryComponent.scala
+++ b/database/sql/src/main/scala/cromwell/database/slick/tables/MetadataEntryComponent.scala
@@ -319,22 +319,14 @@ trait MetadataEntryComponent {
       if(isPostgres) s"${'"'}$identifier${'"'}" else identifier
     }
 
-    def dbMetadataValueColCheckName(isPostgres: Boolean): String = {
-      if(isPostgres) "obj.data" else "METADATA_VALUE"
+    def evaluateMetadataValue(isPostgres: Boolean, colName: String): String = {
+      if(isPostgres) s"convert_from(lo_get(${colName}::oid), 'UTF8')" else colName
     }
 
     def attemptAndIndexSelectStatement(callFqn: String, scatterIndex: String, retryAttempt: String, variablePrefix: String): String = {
       s"SELECT ${callFqn}, MAX(COALESCE(${scatterIndex}, 0)) as ${variablePrefix}Scatter, MAX(COALESCE(${retryAttempt}, 0)) AS ${variablePrefix}Retry"
     }
 
-    def pgObjectInnerJoinStatement(isPostgres: Boolean, metadataValColName: String): String = {
-      if(isPostgres) s"INNER JOIN pg_largeobject obj ON me.${metadataValColName} = cast(obj.loid as text)" else ""
-    }
-
-    def failedTaskGroupByClause(metadataValue: String, callFqn: String): String = {
-      return s"GROUP BY ${callFqn}, ${metadataValue}"
-    }
-
     val workflowUuid = dbIdentifierWrapper("WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UUID", isPostgres)
     val callFqn = dbIdentifierWrapper("CALL_FQN", isPostgres)
     val scatterIndex = dbIdentifierWrapper("JOB_SCATTER_INDEX", isPostgres)
@@ -358,11 +350,10 @@ trait MetadataEntryComponent {
         FROM #${metadataEntry} me
         INNER JOIN #${wmse} wmse
         ON wmse.#${workflowUuid} = me.#${workflowUuid}
-        #${pgObjectInnerJoinStatement(isPostgres, metadataValue)}
         WHERE (wmse.#${rootUuid} = $rootWorkflowId OR wmse.#${workflowUuid} = $rootWorkflowId)
-        AND (me.#${metadataKey} in ('executionStatus', 'backendStatus') AND #${dbMetadataValueColCheckName(isPostgres)} = 'Failed')
-        #${failedTaskGroupByClause(dbMetadataValueColCheckName(isPostgres), callFqn)}
-        HAVING #${dbMetadataValueColCheckName(isPostgres)} = 'Failed'
+        AND (me.#${metadataKey} in ('executionStatus', 'backendStatus') AND #${evaluateMetadataValue(isPostgres, metadataValue)} = 'Failed')
+        GROUP BY #${callFqn}, #${metadataValue} 
+        HAVING #${evaluateMetadataValue(isPostgres, metadataValue)} = 'Failed'
       ) AS failedCalls
       ON me.#${callFqn} = failedCalls.#${callFqn}
       INNER JOIN (