The helper was only called once and added no reuse value.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01YXVu67hVnQSAY8wzmfmRHw

diff --git a/quire-ci/src/db.rs b/quire-ci/src/db.rs
index 54fdab3..abc5a4a 100644
--- a/quire-ci/src/db.rs
+++ b/quire-ci/src/db.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ pub struct Db {
 impl Db {
     pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         tracing::debug!(path = %path.display(), "opening database");
-        let mut conn = open_connection(path)?;
+        let mut conn = Connection::open(path)?;
+        conn.execute_batch(
+            "PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
+             PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;
+             PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;",
+        )?;
         MIGRATIONS.to_latest(&mut conn)?;
         Ok(Self {
             conn: Arc::new(Mutex::new(conn)),
@@ -37,16 +42,6 @@ impl Db {
     }
 }
 
-fn open_connection(path: &Path) -> Result<Connection, rusqlite::Error> {
-    let conn = Connection::open(path)?;
-    conn.execute_batch(
-        "PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;
-         PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;
-         PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;",
-    )?;
-    Ok(conn)
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub fn open_in_memory() -> Result<Db, Error> {
     let mut conn = Connection::open_in_memory()?;