diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.cpp b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
index 2f0b9a5ff34..c0a2895a587 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <leveldb/write_batch.h>
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
+#include <utility>
 
 bool DestroyDB(const std::string& path_str)
 {
@@ -306,26 +307,39 @@ bool CDBWrapper::IsEmpty()
     return !(it->Valid());
 }
 
+struct CDBIterator::IteratorImpl {
+    const std::unique_ptr<leveldb::Iterator> iter;
+
+    explicit IteratorImpl(leveldb::Iterator* _iter) : iter{_iter} {}
+};
+
+CDBIterator::CDBIterator(const CDBWrapper& _parent, std::unique_ptr<IteratorImpl> _piter) : parent(_parent), m_impl_iter(std::move(_piter)) {}
+
+CDBIterator* CDBWrapper::NewIterator()
+{
+    return new CDBIterator{*this, std::make_unique<CDBIterator::IteratorImpl>(pdb->NewIterator(iteroptions))};
+}
+
 void CDBIterator::SeekImpl(Span<const std::byte> ssKey)
 {
     leveldb::Slice slKey(CharCast(ssKey.data()), ssKey.size());
-    piter->Seek(slKey);
+    m_impl_iter->iter->Seek(slKey);
 }
 
 Span<const std::byte> CDBIterator::GetKeyImpl() const
 {
-    return MakeByteSpan(piter->key());
+    return MakeByteSpan(m_impl_iter->iter->key());
 }
 
 Span<const std::byte> CDBIterator::GetValueImpl() const
 {
-    return MakeByteSpan(piter->value());
+    return MakeByteSpan(m_impl_iter->iter->value());
 }
 
-CDBIterator::~CDBIterator() { delete piter; }
-bool CDBIterator::Valid() const { return piter->Valid(); }
-void CDBIterator::SeekToFirst() { piter->SeekToFirst(); }
-void CDBIterator::Next() { piter->Next(); }
+CDBIterator::~CDBIterator() = default;
+bool CDBIterator::Valid() const { return m_impl_iter->iter->Valid(); }
+void CDBIterator::SeekToFirst() { m_impl_iter->iter->SeekToFirst(); }
+void CDBIterator::Next() { m_impl_iter->iter->Next(); }
 
 namespace dbwrapper_private {
 
diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.h b/src/dbwrapper.h
index 2e6cc4d81e0..9bcb79c169e 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.h
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 namespace leveldb {
 class Env;
-class Iterator;
 }
 
 static const size_t DBWRAPPER_PREALLOC_KEY_SIZE = 64;
@@ -136,9 +135,12 @@ public:
 
 class CDBIterator
 {
+public:
+    struct IteratorImpl;
+
 private:
     const CDBWrapper &parent;
-    leveldb::Iterator *piter;
+    const std::unique_ptr<IteratorImpl> m_impl_iter;
 
     void SeekImpl(Span<const std::byte> ssKey);
     Span<const std::byte> GetKeyImpl() const;
@@ -150,8 +152,7 @@ public:
      * @param[in] _parent          Parent CDBWrapper instance.
      * @param[in] _piter           The original leveldb iterator.
      */
-    CDBIterator(const CDBWrapper &_parent, leveldb::Iterator *_piter) :
-        parent(_parent), piter(_piter) { };
+    CDBIterator(const CDBWrapper& _parent, std::unique_ptr<IteratorImpl> _piter);
     ~CDBIterator();
 
     bool Valid() const;
@@ -315,10 +316,7 @@ public:
     // Get an estimate of LevelDB memory usage (in bytes).
     size_t DynamicMemoryUsage() const;
 
-    CDBIterator *NewIterator()
-    {
-        return new CDBIterator(*this, pdb->NewIterator(iteroptions));
-    }
+    CDBIterator* NewIterator();
 
     /**
      * Return true if the database managed by this class contains no entries.