diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 74de55dcb52..6ad75d3d69b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -732,13 +732,6 @@ public:
      */
     mutable RecursiveMutex cs_wallet;
 
-    /** Get database handle used by this wallet. Ideally this function would
-     * not be necessary.
-     */
-    WalletDatabase& GetDBHandle()
-    {
-        return *database;
-    }
     WalletDatabase& GetDatabase() const override { return *database; }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index aa3b3c10b08..9ed98184793 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ void MaybeCompactWalletDB()
     }
 
     for (const std::shared_ptr<CWallet>& pwallet : GetWallets()) {
-        WalletDatabase& dbh = pwallet->GetDBHandle();
+        WalletDatabase& dbh = pwallet->GetDatabase();
 
         unsigned int nUpdateCounter = dbh.nUpdateCounter;