diff --git a/src/Internal/PostgresHandleConnection.php b/src/Internal/PostgresHandleConnection.php
index 137846e..b6b1252 100644
--- a/src/Internal/PostgresHandleConnection.php
+++ b/src/Internal/PostgresHandleConnection.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ abstract public static function connect(
         ?Cancellation $cancellation = null,
     ): self;
 
-    protected function __construct(private readonly PostgresHandle $handle)
+    protected function __construct(protected readonly PostgresHandle $handle)
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/src/PgSqlConnection.php b/src/PgSqlConnection.php
index c15023b..0a4652a 100644
--- a/src/PgSqlConnection.php
+++ b/src/PgSqlConnection.php
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ public static function connect(PostgresConfig $config, ?Cancellation $cancellati
             throw new \Error('ext-pgsql is not compatible with pecl-ev; use pecl-pq or a different loop extension');
         } // @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
 
-        if (!$connection = \pg_connect($config->getConnectionString(), \PGSQL_CONNECT_ASYNC | \PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW)) {
+        if (!$connection = \pg_connect(
+            $config->getConnectionString(),
+            \PGSQL_CONNECT_ASYNC | \PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW,
+        )) {
             throw new ConnectionException("Failed to create connection resource");
         }
 
@@ -36,7 +39,14 @@ public static function connect(PostgresConfig $config, ?Cancellation $cancellati
 
         $deferred = new DeferredFuture();
         /** @psalm-suppress MissingClosureParamType $resource is a resource and cannot be inferred in this context */
-        $callback = static function (string $callbackId, $resource) use (&$poll, &$await, $connection, $config, $deferred, $hash): void {
+        $callback = static function (string $callbackId, $resource) use (
+            &$poll,
+            &$await,
+            $connection,
+            $config,
+            $deferred,
+            $hash,
+        ): void {
             switch ($result = \pg_connect_poll($connection)) {
                 case \PGSQL_POLLING_READING:
                 case \PGSQL_POLLING_WRITING:
@@ -47,7 +57,7 @@ public static function connect(PostgresConfig $config, ?Cancellation $cancellati
                     break;
 
                 case \PGSQL_POLLING_OK:
-                    $deferred->complete(new self($connection, $resource, $hash, $config));
+                    $deferred->complete(new self(new Internal\PgSqlHandle($connection, $resource, $hash, $config)));
                     break;
 
                 default:
@@ -69,14 +79,4 @@ public static function connect(PostgresConfig $config, ?Cancellation $cancellati
             EventLoop::cancel($await);
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @param \PgSql\Connection $handle PostgreSQL connection handle.
-     * @param resource $socket PostgreSQL connection stream socket.
-     * @param string $id Connection identifier for determining which cached type table to use.
-     */
-    protected function __construct(\PgSql\Connection $handle, $socket, string $id, PostgresConfig $config)
-    {
-        parent::__construct(new Internal\PgSqlHandle($handle, $socket, $id, $config));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PqConnection.php b/src/PqConnection.php
index 23a94c2..9deb2f1 100644
--- a/src/PqConnection.php
+++ b/src/PqConnection.php
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 final class PqConnection extends Internal\PostgresHandleConnection implements PostgresConnection
 {
-    private readonly Internal\PqHandle $handle;
-
     public static function connect(PostgresConfig $config, ?Cancellation $cancellation = null): self
     {
         try {
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ public static function connect(PostgresConfig $config, ?Cancellation $cancellati
                     break;
 
                 case pq\Connection::POLLING_OK:
-                    $deferred->complete(new self($connection, $config));
+                    $deferred->complete(new self(new Internal\PqHandle($connection, $config)));
                     break;
 
                 default:
@@ -58,12 +56,6 @@ public static function connect(PostgresConfig $config, ?Cancellation $cancellati
         }
     }
 
-    protected function __construct(pq\Connection $handle, PostgresConfig $config)
-    {
-        $this->handle = new Internal\PqHandle($handle, $config);
-        parent::__construct($this->handle);
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return bool True if result sets are buffered in memory, false if unbuffered.
      */