diff --git a/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite.def b/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite.def
index dcf2ce502a5c..5e1179e096f4 100644
--- a/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite.def
+++ b/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite.def
@@ -155,5 +155,4 @@ EXPORTS sqlite3_aggregate_context
         sqlite3_value_type
         sqlite3_version
         sqlite3_vmprintf
-        sqlite3ApiExit               ;needed by mozStorage
         sqlite3Os DATA               ;needed by mozStorage
diff --git a/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite3file.h b/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite3file.h
index 67e665876205..547143877487 100644
--- a/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite3file.h
+++ b/db/sqlite3/src/sqlite3file.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ struct ThreadData;
 ** See definition in util.c
 */
 struct sqlite3;
-int sqlite3ApiExit(sqlite3 *db, int);
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/storage/src/mozStorageAsyncIO.cpp b/storage/src/mozStorageAsyncIO.cpp
index 6ba79016a52f..dd49f091005f 100644
--- a/storage/src/mozStorageAsyncIO.cpp
+++ b/storage/src/mozStorageAsyncIO.cpp
@@ -1571,9 +1571,6 @@ ProcessAsyncMessages()
         AsyncQueueLast = nsnull;
       AsyncQueueFirst = message->mNext;
       nsMemory::Free(message);
-
-      // free any out-of-memory flags in the library
-      sqlite3ApiExit(nsnull, 0);
     }
     // Drop the queue mutex before continuing to the next write operation
     // in order to give other threads a chance to work with the write queue