diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/BUILD.bazel
index d514e21bba3c..23cee95e6fed 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/BUILD.bazel
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/clusterversion",
         "//pkg/keys",
-        "//pkg/kv",
         "//pkg/kv/kvserver/abortspan",
         "//pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/result",
         "//pkg/kv/kvserver/closedts",
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/eval_context.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/eval_context.go
index 333820f7668c..7bb34eeca3db 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/eval_context.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/eval_context.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/abortspan"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/closedts"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/concurrency"
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ type EvalContext interface {
 
 	Engine() storage.Engine
 	Clock() *hlc.Clock
-	DB() *kv.DB
 	AbortSpan() *abortspan.AbortSpan
 	GetConcurrencyManager() concurrency.Manager
 
@@ -178,9 +176,6 @@ func (m *mockEvalCtxImpl) Engine() storage.Engine {
 func (m *mockEvalCtxImpl) Clock() *hlc.Clock {
 	return m.MockEvalCtx.Clock
 }
-func (m *mockEvalCtxImpl) DB() *kv.DB {
-	panic("unimplemented")
-}
 func (m *mockEvalCtxImpl) AbortSpan() *abortspan.AbortSpan {
 	return m.MockEvalCtx.AbortSpan
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go
index fb848b2a1a42..b1d7f7b02a7a 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica.go
@@ -807,11 +807,6 @@ func (r *Replica) Clock() *hlc.Clock {
 	return r.store.Clock()
 }
 
-// DB returns the Replica's client DB.
-func (r *Replica) DB() *kv.DB {
-	return r.store.DB()
-}
-
 // Engine returns the Replica's underlying Engine. In most cases the
 // evaluation Batch should be used instead.
 func (r *Replica) Engine() storage.Engine {
@@ -1647,7 +1642,7 @@ func (r *Replica) maybeWatchForMergeLocked(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 				PusheeTxn: intent.Txn,
 				PushType:  roachpb.PUSH_ABORT,
 			})
-			if err := r.DB().Run(ctx, b); err != nil {
+			if err := r.store.DB().Run(ctx, b); err != nil {
 				select {
 				case <-r.store.stopper.ShouldQuiesce():
 					// The server is shutting down. The error while pushing the
@@ -1682,7 +1677,7 @@ func (r *Replica) maybeWatchForMergeLocked(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 			var getRes *roachpb.GetResponse
 			for retry := retry.Start(base.DefaultRetryOptions()); retry.Next(); {
 				metaKey := keys.RangeMetaKey(desc.EndKey)
-				res, pErr := kv.SendWrappedWith(ctx, r.DB().NonTransactionalSender(), roachpb.Header{
+				res, pErr := kv.SendWrappedWith(ctx, r.store.DB().NonTransactionalSender(), roachpb.Header{
 					// Use READ_UNCOMMITTED to avoid trying to resolve intents, since
 					// resolving those intents might involve sending requests to this
 					// range, and that could deadlock. See the comment on
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_eval_context_span.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_eval_context_span.go
index 0afcb0de2c15..69c80d1c90e2 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_eval_context_span.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_eval_context_span.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/keys"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/abortspan"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/closedts"
@@ -72,11 +71,6 @@ func (rec *SpanSetReplicaEvalContext) Clock() *hlc.Clock {
 	return rec.i.Clock()
 }
 
-// DB returns the Replica's client DB.
-func (rec *SpanSetReplicaEvalContext) DB() *kv.DB {
-	return rec.i.DB()
-}
-
 // GetConcurrencyManager returns the concurrency.Manager.
 func (rec *SpanSetReplicaEvalContext) GetConcurrencyManager() concurrency.Manager {
 	return rec.i.GetConcurrencyManager()