diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index 11f27e6930..a1e661dff0 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -285,9 +285,7 @@ def connect_replica():
 		user = local.conf.replica_db_name
 		password = local.conf.replica_db_password
 
-	local.replica_db = get_db(
-		host=local.conf.replica_host, user=user, password=password, port=port, read_only=True
-	)
+	local.replica_db = get_db(host=local.conf.replica_host, user=user, password=password, port=port)
 
 	# swap db connections
 	local.primary_db = local.db
diff --git a/frappe/database/__init__.py b/frappe/database/__init__.py
index d1b7729fee..76ad24b6e6 100644
--- a/frappe/database/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/database/__init__.py
@@ -39,18 +39,14 @@ def drop_user_and_database(db_name, root_login=None, root_password=None):
 		)
 
 
-def get_db(host=None, user=None, password=None, port=None, read_only=False):
+def get_db(host=None, user=None, password=None, port=None):
 	import frappe
 
 	if frappe.conf.db_type == "postgres":
 		import frappe.database.postgres.database
 
-		return frappe.database.postgres.database.PostgresDatabase(
-			host, user, password, port=port, read_only=read_only
-		)
+		return frappe.database.postgres.database.PostgresDatabase(host, user, password, port=port)
 	else:
 		import frappe.database.mariadb.database
 
-		return frappe.database.mariadb.database.MariaDBDatabase(
-			host, user, password, port=port, read_only=read_only
-		)
+		return frappe.database.mariadb.database.MariaDBDatabase(host, user, password, port=port)
diff --git a/frappe/database/database.py b/frappe/database/database.py
index 7324a08a26..9c4627e1a2 100644
--- a/frappe/database/database.py
+++ b/frappe/database/database.py
@@ -83,14 +83,12 @@ class Database:
 		ac_name=None,
 		use_default=0,
 		port=None,
-		read_only=False,
 	):
 		self.setup_type_map()
 		self.host = host or frappe.conf.db_host or "127.0.0.1"
 		self.port = port or frappe.conf.db_port or ""
 		self.user = user or frappe.conf.db_name
 		self.db_name = frappe.conf.db_name
-		self.read_only = read_only  # Uses READ ONLY connection if set
 		self._conn = None
 
 		if ac_name: