diff --git a/Sources/Database/DiskSqlite.swift b/Sources/Database/DiskSqlite.swift
index 516d75c63..19ffba05e 100644
--- a/Sources/Database/DiskSqlite.swift
+++ b/Sources/Database/DiskSqlite.swift
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ public final class DiskSqlite: Sqlite {
         guard sqlite3_open_v2(path, &db, SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE|SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE|SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX, nil) == SQLITE_OK else {
             throw SQLiteError.openDatabase(path: path)
         }
-        var error: UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>?
-        guard sqlite3_exec(db, "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;", nil, nil, &error) == SQLITE_OK else {
-            let message = error.map { String(cString: $0) }
-            throw SQLiteError.exec(error: message)
-        }
     }
 
     public func query<Row: SqliteRow>(sql: String) throws -> [Row] {
diff --git a/Sources/Database/MemorySqlite.swift b/Sources/Database/MemorySqlite.swift
index b0ea8ba3d..640098d04 100644
--- a/Sources/Database/MemorySqlite.swift
+++ b/Sources/Database/MemorySqlite.swift
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ public final class MemorySqlite: Sqlite {
         guard sqlite3_open_v2(":memory:", &db, SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE|SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE|SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX, nil) == SQLITE_OK else {
             throw SQLiteError.openDatabaseMemory
         }
-        var error: UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>?
-        guard sqlite3_exec(db, "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;", nil, nil, &error) == SQLITE_OK else {
-            let message = error.map { String(cString: $0) }
-            throw SQLiteError.exec(error: message)
-        }
     }
 
     public func openDatabase() throws {