diff --git a/docs/fabric/fabricdev/core/fabricdev/vault/version.go b/docs/fabric/fabricdev/core/fabricdev/vault/version.go
index 740d33566..86d60fcda 100644
--- a/docs/fabric/fabricdev/core/fabricdev/vault/version.go
+++ b/docs/fabric/fabricdev/core/fabricdev/vault/version.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-var zeroVersion = []byte{0, 0, 0, 0}
-
 type CounterBasedVersionBuilder struct{}
 
 func (c *CounterBasedVersionBuilder) VersionedValues(rws *vault.ReadWriteSet, ns driver.Namespace, writes vault.NamespaceWrites, block driver.BlockNum, indexInBloc driver.TxNum) (map[driver.PKey]vault.VersionedValue, error) {
@@ -72,16 +70,7 @@ func (c *CounterBasedVersionBuilder) VersionedMetaValues(rws *vault.ReadWriteSet
 type CounterBasedVersionComparator struct{}
 
 func (c *CounterBasedVersionComparator) Equal(v1, v2 driver.RawVersion) bool {
-	if bytes.Equal(v1, v2) {
-		return true
-	}
-	if len(v1) == 0 && bytes.Equal(zeroVersion, v2) {
-		return true
-	}
-	if len(v2) == 0 && bytes.Equal(zeroVersion, v1) {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
+	return bytes.Equal(v1, v2)
 }
 
 func Marshal(v uint32) []byte {
diff --git a/platform/common/core/generic/vault/vault.go b/platform/common/core/generic/vault/vault.go
index bacf8da91..af97e558b 100644
--- a/platform/common/core/generic/vault/vault.go
+++ b/platform/common/core/generic/vault/vault.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type NewInterceptorFunc[V driver.ValidationCode] func(logger Logger, qe Versione
 type (
 	VersionedPersistence     = dbdriver.VersionedPersistence
 	VersionedValue           = dbdriver.VersionedValue
-	VersionedMetaData        = dbdriver.VersionedMetaData
+	VersionedMetadataValue   = dbdriver.VersionedMetadataValue
 	VersionedRead            = dbdriver.VersionedRead
 	VersionedResultsIterator = dbdriver.VersionedResultsIterator
 	QueryExecutor            = dbdriver.QueryExecutor
diff --git a/platform/common/driver/vault.go b/platform/common/driver/vault.go
index 220593884..bf6d0fd7c 100644
--- a/platform/common/driver/vault.go
+++ b/platform/common/driver/vault.go
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ type VersionedRead struct {
 	Version RawVersion
 }
 
+type VersionedValue struct {
+	Raw     RawValue
+	Version RawVersion
+}
+
 type VersionedMetadataValue struct {
 	Version  RawVersion
 	Metadata Metadata
diff --git a/platform/view/services/db/driver/badger/badger_test.go b/platform/view/services/db/driver/badger/badger_test.go
index 4c01fce81..4757fe27c 100644
--- a/platform/view/services/db/driver/badger/badger_test.go
+++ b/platform/view/services/db/driver/badger/badger_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
-	driver2 "github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client/platform/common/driver"
+	cdriver "github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client/platform/common/driver"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client/platform/view/services/db/dbtest"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client/platform/view/services/db/driver"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client/platform/view/services/db/driver/badger/mock"
@@ -290,26 +290,26 @@ func BenchmarkBuilder(b *testing.B) {
 
 type BlockTxIndexVersionMarshaller struct{}
 
-func (m BlockTxIndexVersionMarshaller) FromBytes(data driver2.RawVersion) (driver2.BlockNum, driver2.TxNum, error) {
+func (m BlockTxIndexVersionMarshaller) FromBytes(data cdriver.RawVersion) (cdriver.BlockNum, cdriver.TxNum, error) {
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return 0, 0, nil
 	}
 	if len(data) != 8 {
 		return 0, 0, errors.Errorf("block number must be 8 bytes, but got %d", len(data))
 	}
-	Block := driver2.BlockNum(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[:4]))
-	TxNum := driver2.TxNum(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[4:]))
+	Block := cdriver.BlockNum(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[:4]))
+	TxNum := cdriver.TxNum(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[4:]))
 	return Block, TxNum, nil
 
 }
 
-func (m BlockTxIndexVersionMarshaller) ToBytes(bn driver2.BlockNum, txn driver2.TxNum) driver2.RawVersion {
+func (m BlockTxIndexVersionMarshaller) ToBytes(bn cdriver.BlockNum, txn cdriver.TxNum) cdriver.RawVersion {
 	return blockTxIndexToBytes(bn, txn)
 }
 
-func blockTxIndexToBytes(Block driver2.BlockNum, TxNum driver2.TxNum) []byte {
-	buf := make([]byte, 8)
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[:4], uint32(Block))
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[4:], uint32(TxNum))
+func blockTxIndexToBytes(block cdriver.BlockNum, txNum cdriver.TxNum) []byte {
+	buf := make([]byte, 16)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(buf[:8], block)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(buf[8:], txNum)
 	return buf
 }
diff --git a/platform/view/services/db/driver/driver.go b/platform/view/services/db/driver/driver.go
index c7a875918..0a6c9ba7d 100644
--- a/platform/view/services/db/driver/driver.go
+++ b/platform/view/services/db/driver/driver.go
@@ -21,15 +21,7 @@ var (
 
 type SQLError = error
 
-type VersionedValue struct {
-	Raw     driver.RawValue
-	Version driver.RawVersion
-}
-
-type VersionedMetaData struct {
-	Metadata driver.Metadata
-	Version  driver.RawVersion
-}
+type VersionedValue = driver.VersionedValue
 
 type VersionedMetadataValue = driver.VersionedMetadataValue
 
diff --git a/platform/view/services/db/driver/sql/common/versioned.go b/platform/view/services/db/driver/sql/common/versioned.go
index 431467dca..12372d55d 100644
--- a/platform/view/services/db/driver/sql/common/versioned.go
+++ b/platform/view/services/db/driver/sql/common/versioned.go
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ func (db *VersionedPersistence) SetStateMetadatas(ns driver2.Namespace, kvs map[
 
 func (db *VersionedPersistence) GetStateMetadata(namespace driver2.Namespace, key driver2.PKey) (driver2.Metadata, driver2.RawVersion, error) {
 	var m []byte
-	var meta map[string][]byte
-	var kversion []byte
+	var meta driver2.Metadata
+	var kversion driver2.RawVersion
 
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT metadata, kversion FROM %s WHERE ns = $1 AND pkey = $2", db.table)
 	logger.Debug(query, namespace, key)