diff --git a/spinn_front_end_common/interface/buffer_management/storage_objects/buffer_database.py b/spinn_front_end_common/interface/buffer_management/storage_objects/buffer_database.py
index 65be6be47..68f0faa05 100644
--- a/spinn_front_end_common/interface/buffer_management/storage_objects/buffer_database.py
+++ b/spinn_front_end_common/interface/buffer_management/storage_objects/buffer_database.py
@@ -46,13 +46,12 @@ class BufferDatabase(BaseDatabase):
     __slots__ = ()
 
     @classmethod
-    def reset_db(cls, reset_number: int,
-                 read_only: Optional[bool] = None) -> "BufferDatabase":
+    def reset_db(cls, reset_number: int) -> "BufferDatabase":
         """
         Retrieves a NeoBufferDatabase for this segment.
         """
         database_file = cls.reset_file(reset_number)
-        return BufferDatabase(database_file, read_only)
+        return BufferDatabase(database_file)
 
     def clear_recording_region(
             self, x: int, y: int, p: int, region: int) -> bool:
diff --git a/spinn_front_end_common/interface/provenance/provenance_reader.py b/spinn_front_end_common/interface/provenance/provenance_reader.py
index 71e06b943..2b164107b 100644
--- a/spinn_front_end_common/interface/provenance/provenance_reader.py
+++ b/spinn_front_end_common/interface/provenance/provenance_reader.py
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ def __init__(self, provenance_data_path: Optional[str] = None):
                          row_factory=None, text_factory=None)
 
     @classmethod
-    def reset_db(cls, reset_number: int,
-                 read_only: Optional[bool] = None) -> "ProvenanceReader":
+    def reset_db(cls, reset_number: int) -> "ProvenanceReader":
         """
         Retrieves a NeoBufferDatabase for this segment.
         """
         database_file = cls.reset_file(reset_number)
-        return ProvenanceReader(database_file, read_only)
+        return ProvenanceReader(database_file)
 
     def run_query(self, query: str, params: Iterable[_SqliteTypes] = ()
                   ) -> List[Sequence[_SqliteTypes]]: