diff --git a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_writer.rs b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_writer.rs
index 5a7452d458beb..e2e9416933bcc 100644
--- a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_writer.rs
+++ b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_writer.rs
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ impl AptosDB {
             // Always put in state value index for now.
             // TODO(grao): remove after APIs migrated off the DB to the indexer.
             self.state_store.state_kv_db.enabled_sharding(),
-            skip_index_and_usage,
             chunk.transaction_infos
                 .iter()
                 .rposition(|t| t.state_checkpoint_hash().is_some()),
diff --git a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/test_helper.rs b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/test_helper.rs
index 353b19bbf6f00..9128226c2c4e3 100644
--- a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/test_helper.rs
+++ b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/test_helper.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ pub(crate) fn update_store(
                 &ledger_batch,
                 &sharded_state_kv_batches,
                 /*put_state_value_indices=*/ enable_sharding,
-                /*skip_usage=*/ false,
                 /*last_checkpoint_index=*/ None,
             )
             .unwrap();
diff --git a/storage/aptosdb/src/pruner/state_merkle_pruner/test.rs b/storage/aptosdb/src/pruner/state_merkle_pruner/test.rs
index 67e9cca52c185..cc15fc12a7f13 100644
--- a/storage/aptosdb/src/pruner/state_merkle_pruner/test.rs
+++ b/storage/aptosdb/src/pruner/state_merkle_pruner/test.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ fn put_value_set(
             &ledger_batch,
             &sharded_state_kv_batches,
             enable_sharding,
-            /*skip_usage=*/ false,
             /*last_checkpoint_index=*/ None,
         )
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/mod.rs b/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/mod.rs
index 3419582601439..38ab16199c188 100644
--- a/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/mod.rs
+++ b/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/mod.rs
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ impl StateStore {
             None,
             batch,
             sharded_state_kv_batches,
-            /*skip_usage=*/ false,
             None,
             enable_sharding,
         )?;
@@ -696,7 +695,6 @@ impl StateStore {
         ledger_batch: &SchemaBatch,
         sharded_state_kv_batches: &ShardedStateKvSchemaBatch,
         enable_sharding: bool,
-        skip_usage: bool,
         last_checkpoint_index: Option<usize>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let _timer = OTHER_TIMERS_SECONDS
@@ -710,7 +708,6 @@ impl StateStore {
             sharded_state_cache,
             ledger_batch,
             sharded_state_kv_batches,
-            skip_usage,
             last_checkpoint_index,
             enable_sharding,
         )?;
@@ -786,7 +783,6 @@ impl StateStore {
         sharded_state_cache: Option<&ShardedStateCache>,
         batch: &SchemaBatch,
         sharded_state_kv_batches: &ShardedStateKvSchemaBatch,
-        skip_usage: bool,
         last_checkpoint_index: Option<usize>,
         enable_sharding: bool,
     ) -> Result<()> {
@@ -947,16 +943,10 @@ impl StateStore {
                 (usage.items() as i64 + items_delta) as usize,
                 (usage.bytes() as i64 + bytes_delta) as usize,
             );
-            let should_write_index_for_version =
-                (i == num_versions - 1) || Some(i) == last_checkpoint_index;
-            if !skip_usage || should_write_index_for_version {
+            if (i == num_versions - 1) || Some(i) == last_checkpoint_index {
                 let version = first_version + i as u64;
-                if should_write_index_for_version {
-                    info!("Write usage at version {version}, {usage:?}, skip_usage: {skip_usage}.");
-                }
-                batch
-                    .put::<VersionDataSchema>(&version, &usage.into())
-                    .unwrap();
+                info!("Write usage at version {version}, {usage:?}.");
+                batch.put::<VersionDataSchema>(&version, &usage.into())?
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/state_store_test.rs b/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/state_store_test.rs
index dfb2abb842c5b..5abad36344546 100644
--- a/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/state_store_test.rs
+++ b/storage/aptosdb/src/state_store/state_store_test.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ fn put_value_set(
             &ledger_batch,
             &sharded_state_kv_batches,
             /*put_state_value_indices=*/ false,
-            /*skip_usage=*/ false,
             /*last_checkpoint_index=*/ None,
         )
         .unwrap();