diff --git a/bin/names/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr.rb b/bin/names/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr.rb
index f42c5887..74d6c4f8 100644
--- a/bin/names/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr.rb
+++ b/bin/names/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 class DumpCountsWrapper
   def initialize(solr_extract, db_name, unmatched_file, logger = Logger.new($stderr))
-    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db(db_name)
+    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db_old(db_name)
     @names = @db[:names]
     @logger = logger
     @unmatched_file = unmatched_file
diff --git a/bin/names/skos_to_db.rb b/bin/names/skos_to_db.rb
index 9b6cbbb5..5bd840aa 100644
--- a/bin/names/skos_to_db.rb
+++ b/bin/names/skos_to_db.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 module SkosToDbWrapper
   def self.run(skosfile, dbfile, logger = Logger.new($stderr))
-    db = AuthorityBrowse.db(dbfile)
+    db = AuthorityBrowse.db_old(dbfile)
 
     # drop old names table
     if db.tables.include? :names
diff --git a/bin/names/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr.rb b/bin/names/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr.rb
index 0f50e451..f55e6af1 100644
--- a/bin/names/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr.rb
+++ b/bin/names/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #
 class UnifyWrapper
   def initialize(db_name, output_file, logger = Logger.new($stderr))
-    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db(db_name)
+    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db_old(db_name)
     @names = @db[:names]
     @output_file = output_file
     @logger = logger
diff --git a/lib/authority_browse/db.rb b/lib/authority_browse/db.rb
index c8badaf0..5e721bd5 100644
--- a/lib/authority_browse/db.rb
+++ b/lib/authority_browse/db.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 require "pathname"
 
 module AuthorityBrowse
-  DB_PATH = ENV["AUTHORITY_BROWSE_DB"] || "authorities.sqlite3"
-
   # @return [Sequel::SQLite::Dataset]
-  def self.db(file)
+  def self.db_old(file)
     path = Pathname.new(file).realdirpath
     @db ||= if IS_JRUBY
       require "jdbc/sqlite3"
diff --git a/spec/integrations/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr_spec.rb b/spec/integrations/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr_spec.rb
index b6a18ce3..5505ff5e 100644
--- a/spec/integrations/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integrations/add_counts_to_db_and_dump_unmatched_as_solr_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     @db_file = "tmp/database.db"
     @unmatched_file = "tmp/unmatched.json.gz"
     @logger = instance_double(Logger, info: nil)
-    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db(@db_file)
+    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db_old(@db_file)
     @db.create_table(:names) do
       String :id, primary_key: true
       String :label
diff --git a/spec/integrations/skos_to_db_spec.rb b/spec/integrations/skos_to_db_spec.rb
index f80aa9af..e0a63e51 100644
--- a/spec/integrations/skos_to_db_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integrations/skos_to_db_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     @skos_file = "spec/fixtures/twain_skos.json.gz"
     @db_file = "tmp/database.db"
     @logger = instance_double(Logger, info: nil)
-    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db(@db_file)
+    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db_old(@db_file)
   end
   it "runs something" do
     described_class.run(@skos_file, @db_file)
diff --git a/spec/integrations/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr_spec.rb b/spec/integrations/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr_spec.rb
index 57c755f5..a34d8a1d 100644
--- a/spec/integrations/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integrations/unify_counts_with_xrefs_and_dump_matches_as_solr_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     @db_file = "tmp/database.db"
     @matched_file = "tmp/matched.json.gz"
     @logger = instance_double(Logger, info: nil)
-    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db(@db_file)
+    @db = AuthorityBrowse.db_old(@db_file)
     @db.create_table(:names) do
       String :id, primary_key: true
       String :label