diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go
index d188ba2c..1ec4b776 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func getMetaValue(ctx context.Context, q db.SessionInterface, key string) (strin
 	return results[0], nil
 }
 
-func getLatestLedgerSequence(ctx context.Context, _ db.SessionInterface, ledgerReader LedgerReader, cache *dbCache) (uint32, error) {
+func getLatestLedgerSequence(ctx context.Context, ledgerReader LedgerReader, cache *dbCache) (uint32, error) {
 	ledgerRange, err := ledgerReader.GetLedgerRange(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func NewReadWriter(
 }
 
 func (rw *readWriter) GetLatestLedgerSequence(ctx context.Context) (uint32, error) {
-	return getLatestLedgerSequence(ctx, rw.db, NewLedgerReader(rw.db), rw.db.cache)
+	return getLatestLedgerSequence(ctx, NewLedgerReader(rw.db), rw.db.cache)
 }
 
 func (rw *readWriter) NewTx(ctx context.Context) (WriteTx, error) {
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go
index d163cd6f..2e742752 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (l *ledgerEntryReadTx) GetLatestLedgerSequence() (uint32, error) {
 	if l.latestLedgerSeqCache != 0 {
 		return l.latestLedgerSeqCache, nil
 	}
-	latestLedgerSeq, err := getLatestLedgerSequence(context.Background(), l.tx, l.ledgerReader, l.globalCache)
+	latestLedgerSeq, err := getLatestLedgerSequence(context.Background(), l.ledgerReader, l.globalCache)
 	if err == nil {
 		l.latestLedgerSeqCache = latestLedgerSeq
 	}
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func NewLedgerEntryReader(db *DB) LedgerEntryReader {
 }
 
 func (r ledgerEntryReader) GetLatestLedgerSequence(ctx context.Context) (uint32, error) {
-	return getLatestLedgerSequence(ctx, r.db, NewLedgerReader(r.db), r.db.cache)
+	return getLatestLedgerSequence(ctx, NewLedgerReader(r.db), r.db.cache)
 }
 
 // NewCachedTx() caches all accessed ledger entries and select statements. If many ledger entries are accessed, it will grow without bounds.