diff --git a/lib/inc/RedisVidIndexGenerator.h b/lib/inc/RedisVidIndexGenerator.h
index 61b3361a0..d0201fd61 100644
--- a/lib/inc/RedisVidIndexGenerator.h
+++ b/lib/inc/RedisVidIndexGenerator.h
@@ -32,7 +32,5 @@ namespace sairedis
             std::shared_ptr<swss::DBConnector> m_dbConnector;
 
             std::string m_vidCounterName;
-
-            std::shared_ptr<swss::RedisClient> m_redisClient;
     };
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/RedisVidIndexGenerator.cpp b/lib/src/RedisVidIndexGenerator.cpp
index a1a2cee07..ef68f26ce 100644
--- a/lib/src/RedisVidIndexGenerator.cpp
+++ b/lib/src/RedisVidIndexGenerator.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ RedisVidIndexGenerator::RedisVidIndexGenerator(
     m_vidCounterName(vidCounterName)
 {
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
-
-    m_redisClient = std::make_shared<swss::RedisClient>(m_dbConnector.get());
 }
 
 uint64_t RedisVidIndexGenerator::increment()
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ uint64_t RedisVidIndexGenerator::increment()
     // this counter must be atomic since it can be independently accessed by
     // sairedis and syncd
 
-    return m_redisClient->incr(m_vidCounterName); // "VIDCOUNTER"
+    return m_dbConnector->incr(m_vidCounterName); // "VIDCOUNTER"
 }
 
 void RedisVidIndexGenerator::reset()
diff --git a/syncd/tests.cpp b/syncd/tests.cpp
index d75c4ee85..b054b17af 100644
--- a/syncd/tests.cpp
+++ b/syncd/tests.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ sai_status_t sai_bulk_remove_fdb_entry(
         SWSS_LOG_THROW(format ": %s", ##__VA_ARGS__, sai_serialize_status(status).c_str());
 
 using namespace saimeta;
-static std::shared_ptr<swss::RedisClient>   g_redisClient;
 static std::shared_ptr<swss::DBConnector> g_db1;
 
 static sai_next_hop_group_api_t test_next_hop_group_api;
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ void clearDB()
 
     g_db1 = std::make_shared<swss::DBConnector>("ASIC_DB", 0, true);
     swss::RedisReply r(g_db1.get(), "FLUSHALL", REDIS_REPLY_STATUS);
-    g_redisClient = std::make_shared<swss::RedisClient>(g_db1.get());
 
     r.checkStatusOK();
 }