diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/CreateReviewNotes.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/CreateReviewNotes.java
index 7237268..da4aac5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/CreateReviewNotes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/CreateReviewNotes.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSetApproval;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ApprovalsUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.GerritPersonIdent;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.PatchSetUtil;
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
 
   interface Factory {
-    CreateReviewNotes create(ReviewDb reviewDb, Project.NameKey project, Repository git);
+    CreateReviewNotes create(Project.NameKey project, Repository git);
   }
 
   private static final String REFS_NOTES_REVIEW = "refs/notes/review";
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@
   private final NotesBranchUtil.Factory notesBranchUtilFactory;
   private final Provider<InternalChangeQuery> queryProvider;
   private final DynamicItem<UrlFormatter> urlFormatter;
-  private final ReviewDb reviewDb;
   private final PatchSetUtil psUtil;
   private final Project.NameKey project;
   private final Repository git;
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@
       Provider<InternalChangeQuery> queryProvider,
       DynamicItem<UrlFormatter> urlFormatter,
       PatchSetUtil psUtil,
-      @Assisted ReviewDb reviewDb,
       @Assisted Project.NameKey project,
       @Assisted Repository git) {
     this.gerritServerIdent = gerritIdent;
@@ -120,7 +117,6 @@
     this.queryProvider = queryProvider;
     this.urlFormatter = urlFormatter;
     this.psUtil = psUtil;
-    this.reviewDb = reviewDb;
     this.project = project;
     this.git = git;
   }
@@ -262,7 +258,7 @@
     // commit time so we will be able to skip this normalization step.
     Change change = notes.getChange();
     PatchSetApproval submit = null;
-    for (PatchSetApproval a : approvalsUtil.byPatchSet(reviewDb, notes, ps.getId(), null, null)) {
+    for (PatchSetApproval a : approvalsUtil.byPatchSet(notes, ps.getId(), null, null)) {
       if (a.getValue() == 0) {
         // Ignore 0 values.
       } else if (a.isLegacySubmit()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/ExportReviewNotes.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/ExportReviewNotes.java
index 76fe84c..ce159b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/ExportReviewNotes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/ExportReviewNotes.java
@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.update.RetryHelper;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.update.UpdateException;
 import com.google.gerrit.sshd.SshCommand;
-import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
-import com.google.gwtorm.server.SchemaFactory;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -48,8 +45,6 @@
 
   @Inject private GitRepositoryManager gitManager;
 
-  @Inject private SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> database;
-
   @Inject private CreateReviewNotes.Factory reviewNotesFactory;
 
   @Inject private ChangeNotes.Factory notesFactory;
@@ -78,23 +73,23 @@
   }
 
   private ListMultimap<Project.NameKey, ChangeNotes> mergedChanges() {
-    try (ReviewDb db = database.open()) {
+    try {
       return MultimapBuilder.hashKeys()
           .arrayListValues()
           .build(
               notesFactory.create(notes -> notes.getChange().getStatus() == Change.Status.MERGED));
-    } catch (OrmException | IOException e) {
+    } catch (IOException e) {
       stderr.println("Cannot read changes from database " + e.getMessage());
       return ImmutableListMultimap.of();
     }
   }
 
-  private void export(ReviewDb db, Project.NameKey project, List<ChangeNotes> notes)
+  private void export(Project.NameKey project, List<ChangeNotes> notes)
       throws RestApiException, UpdateException {
     retryHelper.execute(
         updateFactory -> {
           try (Repository git = gitManager.openRepository(project)) {
-            CreateReviewNotes crn = reviewNotesFactory.create(db, project, git);
+            CreateReviewNotes crn = reviewNotesFactory.create(project, git);
             crn.createNotes(notes, monitor);
             crn.commitNotes();
           } catch (RepositoryNotFoundException e) {
@@ -127,12 +122,12 @@
   private class Worker extends Thread {
     @Override
     public void run() {
-      try (ReviewDb db = database.open()) {
+      try {
         for (; ; ) {
           Map.Entry<Project.NameKey, List<ChangeNotes>> next = next();
           if (next != null) {
             try {
-              export(db, next.getKey(), next.getValue());
+              export(next.getKey(), next.getValue());
             } catch (RestApiException | UpdateException e) {
               stderr.println(e.getMessage());
             }
@@ -140,8 +135,6 @@
             break;
           }
         }
-      } catch (OrmException e) {
-        stderr.println(e.getMessage());
       } finally {
         monitor.endWorker();
       }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/RefUpdateListener.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/RefUpdateListener.java
index d8e0e83..198aa6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/RefUpdateListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/reviewnotes/RefUpdateListener.java
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RefNames;
-import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.ProjectRunnable;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.WorkQueue;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.update.RetryHelper;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.update.UpdateException;
-import com.google.gwtorm.server.SchemaFactory;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
 
   private final CreateReviewNotes.Factory reviewNotesFactory;
-  private final SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> schema;
   private final GitRepositoryManager repoManager;
   private final WorkQueue workQueue;
   private final RetryHelper retryHelper;
@@ -46,13 +43,11 @@
   @Inject
   RefUpdateListener(
       CreateReviewNotes.Factory reviewNotesFactory,
-      SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> schema,
       GitRepositoryManager repoManager,
       WorkQueue workQueue,
       RetryHelper retryHelper,
       @GerritServerConfig Config config) {
     this.reviewNotesFactory = reviewNotesFactory;
-    this.schema = schema;
     this.repoManager = repoManager;
     this.workQueue = workQueue;
     this.retryHelper = retryHelper;
@@ -104,9 +99,8 @@
       retryHelper.execute(
           updateFactory -> {
             Project.NameKey projectName = new Project.NameKey(e.getProjectName());
-            try (Repository git = repoManager.openRepository(projectName);
-                ReviewDb reviewDb = schema.open()) {
-              CreateReviewNotes crn = reviewNotesFactory.create(reviewDb, projectName, git);
+            try (Repository git = repoManager.openRepository(projectName)) {
+              CreateReviewNotes crn = reviewNotesFactory.create(projectName, git);
               crn.createNotes(
                   e.getRefName(),
                   ObjectId.fromString(e.getOldObjectId()),