diff --git a/internal/sqlutil/sql.go b/internal/sqlutil/sql.go
index a3885d663..6cf17bea0 100644
--- a/internal/sqlutil/sql.go
+++ b/internal/sqlutil/sql.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
@@ -113,13 +112,6 @@ func QueryVariadicOffset(count, offset int) string {
 	return str
 }
 
-func SQLiteDriverName() string {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "js" {
-		return "sqlite3_js"
-	}
-	return "sqlite3"
-}
-
 func minOfInts(a, b int) int {
 	if a <= b {
 		return a
diff --git a/internal/sqlutil/trace.go b/internal/sqlutil/trace.go
index ad0044559..6bc7f7762 100644
--- a/internal/sqlutil/trace.go
+++ b/internal/sqlutil/trace.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func Open(dbProperties *config.DatabaseOptions) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	var driverName, dsn string
 	switch {
 	case dbProperties.ConnectionString.IsSQLite():
-		driverName = SQLiteDriverName()
+		driverName = "sqlite3"
 		dsn, err = ParseFileURI(dbProperties.ConnectionString)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("ParseFileURI: %w", err)
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func Open(dbProperties *config.DatabaseOptions) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if driverName != SQLiteDriverName() {
+	if driverName != "sqlite3" {
 		logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 			"MaxOpenConns":    dbProperties.MaxOpenConns,
 			"MaxIdleConns":    dbProperties.MaxIdleConns,