diff --git a/core/main_db.py b/core/main_db.py
index 4be8aa3c..220b44ca 100644
--- a/core/main_db.py
+++ b/core/main_db.py
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ class DBConnection(object):
 
         self.filename = filename
         self.connection = sqlite3.connect(db_filename(filename), 20)
-        if row_type == 'dict':
-            self.connection.row_factory = self._dict_factory
-        else:
-            self.connection.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+        self.connection.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
 
     def check_db_version(self):
         result = None
@@ -214,13 +211,6 @@ class DBConnection(object):
             for column in cursor
         }
 
-    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3300464/how-can-i-get-dict-from-sqlite-query
-    def _dict_factory(self, cursor, row):
-        return {
-            col[0]: row[idx]
-            for idx, col in enumerate(cursor.description)
-        }
-
 
 def sanity_check_database(connection, sanity_check):
     sanity_check(connection).check()