diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp
index f80edcd..3381cef 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/osmocom.pp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ class rhizo_base::osmocom {
   package {  [ 'osmo-msc' ]:
       ensure   => 'installed',
       require  => Class['rhizo_base::apt'],
-      notify   => Exec['sms_pragma_wal']
     }
 
   package {  [ 'libsmpp1', 'libosmo-sigtran7' ]:
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ class rhizo_base::osmocom {
   package {  [ 'osmo-hlr' ]:
       ensure   => 'installed',
       require  => Class['rhizo_base::apt'],
-      notify   => Exec['hlr_pragma_wal']
     }
 
   $sipcon_version = $repo ? {
@@ -219,20 +217,6 @@ class rhizo_base::osmocom {
     ensure   => 'stopped'
   }
 
-  exec { 'hlr_pragma_wal':
-      command     =>
-        '/usr/bin/sqlite3 /var/lib/osmocom/hlr.db "PRAGMA journal_mode=wal;"',
-      require     => Class['rhizo_base::packages'],
-      refreshonly => true,
-   }
-
-  exec { 'sms_pragma_wal':
-      command     =>
-        '/usr/bin/sqlite3 /var/lib/osmocom/sms.db "PRAGMA journal_mode=wal;"',
-      require     => Class['rhizo_base::packages'],
-      refreshonly => true,
-   }
-
   exec { 'notify-osmo-restart':
       command     => '/bin/echo 1 > /tmp/OSMO-dirty',
       refreshonly => true,