diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/constants.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/constants.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 69c98fe569..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/constants.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export {
-  CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
-  CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
-  isInternalColumnName,
-} from "@budibase/shared-core"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/index.ts
index 932efed3f7..c731d20d6c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/index.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ export * from "./connections"
 export * from "./DatabaseImpl"
 export * from "./utils"
 export { init, getPouch, getPouchDB, closePouchDB } from "./pouchDB"
-export * from "../constants"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/jestUtils.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/jestUtils.ts
index 4a3da8db8c..a49c2a795e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/jestUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/jestUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { db } from "../../../src"
+import {
+  CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+  CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+} from "@budibase/shared-core"
 
 export function expectFunctionWasCalledTimesWith(
   jestFunction: any,
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ export function expectFunctionWasCalledTimesWith(
 }
 
 export const expectAnyInternalColsAttributes: {
-  [K in (typeof db.CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS)[number]]: any
+  [K in (typeof CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS)[number]]: any
 } = {
   tableId: expect.anything(),
   type: expect.anything(),
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ export const expectAnyInternalColsAttributes: {
 }
 
 export const expectAnyExternalColsAttributes: {
-  [K in (typeof db.CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS)[number]]: any
+  [K in (typeof CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS)[number]]: any
 } = {
   tableId: expect.anything(),
   _id: expect.anything(),
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
index 906ca016d1..097b16b104 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { context, db, HTTPError } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { context, HTTPError } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 import env from "../../../../environment"
 import { fullSearch, paginatedSearch } from "./utils"
 import { getRowParams, InternalTables } from "../../../../db/utils"
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export async function search(
     }
 
     if (options.fields) {
-      const fields = [...options.fields, ...db.CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS]
+      const fields = [...options.fields, ...CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS]
       response.rows = response.rows.map((r: any) => pick(r, fields))
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
index d0decf01f6..8e084381aa 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import { isExternalTableID } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import { EventType, updateLinks } from "../../../db/linkedRows"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
+import { isInternalColumnName } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 
 export interface MigrationResult {
   tablesUpdated: Table[]
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export async function migrate(
     throw new BadRequestError(`Column name cannot be empty`)
   }
 
-  if (dbCore.isInternalColumnName(newColumnName)) {
+  if (isInternalColumnName(newColumnName)) {
     throw new BadRequestError(`Column name cannot be a reserved column name`)
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index fce57a390d..3bdfec7448 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ import {
   ViewV2,
   ViewV2Enriched,
 } from "@budibase/types"
-import { HTTPError, db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { HTTPError } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { features } from "@budibase/pro"
-import { helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
+import {
+  helpers,
+  CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+  CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+} from "@budibase/shared-core"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
 
 import * as utils from "../../../db/utils"
@@ -144,8 +148,8 @@ export function allowedFields(view: View | ViewV2) {
       const fieldSchema = view.schema![key]
       return fieldSchema.visible && !fieldSchema.readonly
     }),
-    ...dbCore.CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
-    ...dbCore.CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+    ...CONSTANT_EXTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
+    ...CONSTANT_INTERNAL_ROW_COLS,
   ]
 }