diff --git a/data/defaults.yaml b/data/defaults.yaml
--- a/data/defaults.yaml
+++ b/data/defaults.yaml
@@ -1926,7 +1926,10 @@
 swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::config:
   storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config')}"
   scheduler: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::scheduler::config::saatchi')}"
-  lister_db_url: "postgresql://%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::user')}:%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::password')}@%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::host')}/%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::dbname')}"
+  lister:
+    cls: local
+    args:
+      db: "postgresql://%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::user')}:%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::password')}@%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::host')}/%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_github::db::dbname')}"
   # credentials in private data
 
 swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::concurrency: 1
@@ -1940,7 +1943,10 @@
 swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::config:
   storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config')}"
   scheduler: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::scheduler::config::saatchi')}"
-  lister_db_url: "postgresql://%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::user')}:%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::password')}@%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::host')}/%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::dbname')}"
+  lister:
+    cls: local
+    args:
+      db: "postgresql://%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::user')}:%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::password')}@%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::host')}/%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_gitlab::db::dbname')}"
   # credentials in private data
 
 swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::concurrency: 1
@@ -1954,7 +1960,10 @@
 swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::config:
   storage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config')}"
   scheduler: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::scheduler::config::saatchi')}"
-  lister_db_url: "postgresql://%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::user')}:%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::password')}@%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::host')}/%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::dbname')}"
+  lister:
+    cls: local
+    args:
+      db: "postgresql://%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::user')}:%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::password')}@%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::host')}/%{hiera('swh::deploy::worker::swh_lister_pypi::db::dbname')}"
   # credentials in private data
 
 swh::deploy::worker::swh_storage_archiver::conf_directory: "%{hiera('swh::conf_directory')}/archiver"