diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/handle.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/handle.rs
index bd2bd102..aaf5b74e 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/handle.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/handle.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ use crate::{statement::unlock_notify, SqliteError};
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct ConnectionHandle(NonNull<sqlite3>);
 
-/// A wrapper around `ConnectionHandle` which *does not* finalize the handle on-drop.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct ConnectionHandleRaw(NonNull<sqlite3>);
-
 // A SQLite3 handle is safe to send between threads, provided not more than
 // one is accessing it at the same time. This is upheld as long as [SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD] is
 // enabled and [SQLITE_THREADSAFE] was enabled when sqlite was compiled. We refuse to work
@@ -30,9 +26,6 @@ pub(crate) struct ConnectionHandleRaw(NonNull<sqlite3>);
 
 unsafe impl Send for ConnectionHandle {}
 
-// SAFETY: this type does nothing but provide access to the DB handle pointer.
-unsafe impl Send for ConnectionHandleRaw {}
-
 impl ConnectionHandle {
     #[inline]
     pub(super) unsafe fn new(ptr: *mut sqlite3) -> Self {
@@ -48,11 +41,6 @@ impl ConnectionHandle {
         self.0
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn to_raw(&self) -> ConnectionHandleRaw {
-        ConnectionHandleRaw(self.0)
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn last_insert_rowid(&mut self) -> i64 {
         // SAFETY: we have exclusive access to the database handle
         unsafe { sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(self.as_ptr()) }
diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/mod.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/mod.rs
index 6f6d9b0c..fadc9e41 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/mod.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/mod.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-use futures_core::future::BoxFuture;
-use futures_intrusive::sync::MutexGuard;
-use futures_util::future;
-use libsqlite3_sys::{sqlite3, sqlite3_progress_handler};
-use sqlx_core::common::StatementCache;
-use sqlx_core::error::Error;
-use sqlx_core::transaction::Transaction;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
+use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
 use std::os::raw::{c_int, c_void};
 use std::panic::catch_unwind;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 
+use futures_core::future::BoxFuture;
+use futures_intrusive::sync::MutexGuard;
+use futures_util::future;
+use libsqlite3_sys::{sqlite3, sqlite3_progress_handler};
+
+pub(crate) use handle::ConnectionHandle;
+use sqlx_core::common::StatementCache;
+pub(crate) use sqlx_core::connection::*;
+use sqlx_core::error::Error;
+use sqlx_core::executor::Executor;
+use sqlx_core::transaction::Transaction;
+
 use crate::connection::establish::EstablishParams;
 use crate::connection::worker::ConnectionWorker;
 use crate::options::OptimizeOnClose;
 use crate::statement::VirtualStatement;
 use crate::{Sqlite, SqliteConnectOptions};
-use sqlx_core::executor::Executor;
-use std::fmt::Write;
-
-pub(crate) use sqlx_core::connection::*;
-
-pub(crate) use handle::{ConnectionHandle, ConnectionHandleRaw};
 
 pub(crate) mod collation;
 pub(crate) mod describe;
diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs
index 10cb4579..18e34aae 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs
@@ -4,21 +4,21 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::thread;
 
-use futures_intrusive::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
-
 use futures_channel::oneshot;
+use futures_intrusive::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
+use tracing::span::Span;
+
 use sqlx_core::describe::Describe;
 use sqlx_core::error::Error;
 use sqlx_core::transaction::{
     begin_ansi_transaction_sql, commit_ansi_transaction_sql, rollback_ansi_transaction_sql,
 };
 use sqlx_core::Either;
-use tracing::span::Span;
 
 use crate::connection::describe::describe;
 use crate::connection::establish::EstablishParams;
+use crate::connection::execute;
 use crate::connection::ConnectionState;
-use crate::connection::{execute, ConnectionHandleRaw};
 use crate::{Sqlite, SqliteArguments, SqliteQueryResult, SqliteRow, SqliteStatement};
 
 // Each SQLite connection has a dedicated thread.
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ use crate::{Sqlite, SqliteArguments, SqliteQueryResult, SqliteRow, SqliteStateme
 
 pub(crate) struct ConnectionWorker {
     command_tx: flume::Sender<(Command, tracing::Span)>,
-    /// The `sqlite3` pointer. NOTE: access is unsynchronized!
-    pub(crate) _handle_raw: ConnectionHandleRaw,
     /// Mutex for locking access to the database.
     pub(crate) shared: Arc<WorkerSharedState>,
 }
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ impl ConnectionWorker {
                 if establish_tx
                     .send(Ok(Self {
                         command_tx,
-                        _handle_raw: conn.handle.to_raw(),
                         shared: Arc::clone(&shared),
                     }))
                     .is_err()