diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index 35b11fbd59..45aefc36f7 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -31,23 +31,12 @@ function buildNano(couchInfo: { url: string; cookie: string }) {
   })
 }
 
-export function DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD(
-  dbName: string,
-  connection: string,
-  opts?: DatabaseOpts
-) {
-  if (!connection) {
-    throw new Error("Must provide connection details")
-  }
-  return new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts, connection)
-}
-
 export function DatabaseWithConnection(
   dbName: string,
   connection: string,
   opts?: DatabaseOpts
 ) {
-  const db = DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD(dbName, connection, opts)
+  const db = new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts, connection)
   return new DDInstrumentedDatabase(db, "couchdb")
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
index 4d78ace0ec..079f646b60 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/couchdb.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   ConnectionInfo,
+  Database,
   DatasourceFeature,
   DatasourceFieldType,
   Document,
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   QueryType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD } from "@budibase/backend-core/src/db"
 
 interface CouchDBConfig {
   url: string
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ const SCHEMA: Integration = {
 }
 
 class CouchDBIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
-  private readonly client: dbCore.DatabaseImpl
+  private readonly client: Database
 
   constructor(config: CouchDBConfig) {
-    this.client = dbCore.DatabaseWithConnectionNoDD(config.database, config.url)
+    this.client = dbCore.DatabaseWithConnection(config.database, config.url)
   }
 
   async testConnection() {