diff --git a/consensus/src/model/stores/relations.rs b/consensus/src/model/stores/relations.rs
index b77053b33..8ac3dcb55 100644
--- a/consensus/src/model/stores/relations.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/model/stores/relations.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub trait RelationsStoreReader {
 
 /// Low-level write API for `RelationsStore`
 pub trait RelationsStore: RelationsStoreReader {
-    type DefaultWriter: DbWriter + DirectWriter;
+    type DefaultWriter: DirectWriter;
     fn default_writer(&self) -> Self::DefaultWriter;
 
     fn set_parents(&mut self, writer: impl DbWriter, hash: Hash, parents: BlockHashes) -> Result<(), StoreError>;
diff --git a/consensus/src/processes/reachability/tests/mod.rs b/consensus/src/processes/reachability/tests/mod.rs
index 2ccf13601..e2317ed17 100644
--- a/consensus/src/processes/reachability/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/processes/reachability/tests/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use kaspa_consensus_core::{
     blockhash::{BlockHashExtensions, BlockHashes, ORIGIN},
     BlockHashMap, BlockHashSet,
 };
-use kaspa_database::prelude::{DbWriter, DirectWriter, StoreError};
+use kaspa_database::prelude::{DirectWriter, StoreError};
 use kaspa_hashes::Hash;
 use std::collections::{
     hash_map::Entry::{Occupied, Vacant},
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl<'a, T: ReachabilityStore + ?Sized, S: RelationsStore + ?Sized> DagBuilder<'
         self.delete_block_with_writer(self.relations.default_writer(), hash)
     }
 
-    pub fn delete_block_with_writer(&mut self, writer: impl DbWriter + DirectWriter, hash: Hash) -> &mut Self {
+    pub fn delete_block_with_writer(&mut self, writer: impl DirectWriter, hash: Hash) -> &mut Self {
         let mergeset = delete_reachability_relations(writer, self.relations, self.reachability, hash);
         delete_block(self.reachability, hash, &mut mergeset.iter().cloned()).unwrap();
         self
diff --git a/consensus/src/processes/relations.rs b/consensus/src/processes/relations.rs
index 25481258a..662af3ada 100644
--- a/consensus/src/processes/relations.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/processes/relations.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn init<S: RelationsStore + ?Sized>(relations: &mut S) {
 /// (and writes will not accumulate if the entry gets out of the cache in between the calls)
 pub fn delete_level_relations<W, S>(mut writer: W, relations: &mut S, hash: Hash) -> Result<(), StoreError>
 where
-    W: DbWriter + DirectWriter,
+    W: DirectWriter,
     S: RelationsStore + ?Sized,
 {
     let children = relations.get_children(hash)?; // if the first entry was found, we expect all others as well, hence we unwrap below
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ where
 /// (and writes will not accumulate if the entry gets out of the cache in between the calls)
 pub fn delete_reachability_relations<W, S, U>(mut writer: W, relations: &mut S, reachability: &U, hash: Hash) -> BlockHashSet
 where
-    W: DbWriter + DirectWriter,
+    W: DirectWriter,
     S: RelationsStore + ?Sized,
     U: ReachabilityService + ?Sized,
 {