diff --git a/src/db.ml b/src/db.ml
index 29d42b0..e9d24c8 100644
--- a/src/db.ml
+++ b/src/db.ml
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ let db = Filename.concat db_root "permap.db"
 
 let random_state = Random.State.make_self_init ()
 
-let with_db ?mode ?mutex ?cache ?vfs ?timeout f =
-  Sqlite3_utils.with_db ?mode ?mutex ?cache ?vfs ?timeout db f
-
 module Db =
 ( val Caqti_blocking.connect (Uri.of_string ("sqlite3://" ^ db))
       |> Caqti_blocking.or_fail )
diff --git a/src/dune b/src/dune
index 7b1c56c..09e07d5 100644
--- a/src/dune
+++ b/src/dune
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   emile
   omd
   safepass
-  sqlite3_utils
   lambdasoup)
  (preprocess
   (pps lwt_ppx)))