diff --git a/db/schema_tables.cc b/db/schema_tables.cc
index 00a234036f..56926249e0 100644
--- a/db/schema_tables.cc
+++ b/db/schema_tables.cc
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ future<std::set<sstring>> merge_keyspaces(distributed<service::storage_proxy>& p
         auto v = co_await db::schema_tables::read_schema_partition_for_keyspace(proxy, db::schema_tables::KEYSPACES, name);
         auto scylla_specific_rs = co_await db::schema_tables::extract_scylla_specific_keyspace_info(proxy, v);
         auto tmp_ksm = db::schema_tables::create_keyspace_from_schema_partition(v, scylla_specific_rs);
-        co_await replica::database::update_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded_db, proxy, *tmp_ksm);
+        co_await replica::database::update_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded_db, *tmp_ksm);
     }
     co_return dropped;
 }
diff --git a/replica/database.cc b/replica/database.cc
index 891467cc8a..dc2b36422a 100644
--- a/replica/database.cc
+++ b/replica/database.cc
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ future<> database::modify_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded<database>& sharded_db,
     co_await sharded_db.invoke_on_all(notifier);
 }
 
-future<> database::update_keyspace(sharded<service::storage_proxy>& proxy, const keyspace_metadata& tmp_ksm) {
+future<> database::update_keyspace(const keyspace_metadata& tmp_ksm) {
     auto& ks = find_keyspace(tmp_ksm.name());
     auto new_ksm = ::make_lw_shared<keyspace_metadata>(tmp_ksm.name(), tmp_ksm.strategy_name(), tmp_ksm.strategy_options(), tmp_ksm.durable_writes(),
                     boost::copy_range<std::vector<schema_ptr>>(ks.metadata()->cf_meta_data() | boost::adaptors::map_values), std::move(ks.metadata()->user_types()));
@@ -905,9 +905,9 @@ future<> database::update_keyspace(sharded<service::storage_proxy>& proxy, const
     co_await ks.update_from(get_shared_token_metadata(), std::move(new_ksm));
 }
 
-future<> database::update_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded<database>& sharded_db, sharded<service::storage_proxy>& proxy, const keyspace_metadata& ksm) {
+future<> database::update_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded<database>& sharded_db, const keyspace_metadata& ksm) {
     return modify_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded_db, [&] (replica::database& db) {
-        return db.update_keyspace(proxy, ksm);
+        return db.update_keyspace(ksm);
     }, [&] (replica::database& db) {
         const auto& ks = db.find_keyspace(ksm.name());
         return db.get_notifier().update_keyspace(ks.metadata());
diff --git a/replica/database.hh b/replica/database.hh
index 240c8204b9..c809b84599 100644
--- a/replica/database.hh
+++ b/replica/database.hh
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ private:
     future<> create_keyspace(const lw_shared_ptr<keyspace_metadata>&, locator::effective_replication_map_factory& erm_factory, system_keyspace system);
     void remove(table&) noexcept;
     void drop_keyspace(const sstring& name);
-    future<> update_keyspace(sharded<service::storage_proxy>& proxy, const keyspace_metadata& tmp_ksm);
+    future<> update_keyspace(const keyspace_metadata& tmp_ksm);
     static future<> modify_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded<database>& sharded_db, std::function<future<>(replica::database&)> func, std::function<future<>(replica::database&)> notifier);
 public:
     static table_schema_version empty_version;
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ public:
     bool has_keyspace(std::string_view name) const;
     void validate_keyspace_update(keyspace_metadata& ksm);
     void validate_new_keyspace(keyspace_metadata& ksm);
-    static future<> update_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded<database>& sharded_db, sharded<service::storage_proxy>& proxy, const keyspace_metadata& ksm);
+    static future<> update_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded<database>& sharded_db, const keyspace_metadata& ksm);
     static future<> drop_keyspace_on_all_shards(sharded<database>& sharded_db, const sstring& name);
     std::vector<sstring> get_non_system_keyspaces() const;
     std::vector<sstring> get_user_keyspaces() const;