diff --git a/C4/Context.pm b/C4/Context.pm
index 9e48a499b9..25c8832d55 100644
--- a/C4/Context.pm
+++ b/C4/Context.pm
@@ -613,15 +613,6 @@ sub _new_Zconn {
     return $Zconn;
 }
 
-# _new_dbh
-# Internal helper function (not a method!). This creates a new
-# database connection from the data given in the current context, and
-# returns it.
-sub _new_dbh {
-
-    Koha::Database->schema( { new => 1 } )->storage->dbh;
-}
-
 =head2 dbh
 
   $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
diff --git a/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl b/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
index a4a9410ee5..2603f4820f 100755
--- a/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
+++ b/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ sub select_all_authorities {
     $strsth .= qq{ LIMIT $offset,$length } if ( $length && $offset );
 
     # If we are forking, we use a new db handle to prevent a potential deadlock
-    my $sth = $forks ? C4::Context::_new_dbh->prepare($strsth) : $dbh->prepare($strsth);
+    my $sth = $forks ? C4::Context->dbh( { new => 1 } )->prepare($strsth) : $dbh->prepare($strsth);
     $sth->execute();
     return $sth;
 }
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ sub select_all_biblios {
     $strsth .= qq{ LIMIT $offset,$length } if ($offset);
 
     # If we are forking, we use a new db handle to prevent a potential deadlock
-    my $sth = $forks ? C4::Context::_new_dbh->prepare($strsth) : $dbh->prepare($strsth);
+    my $sth = $forks ? C4::Context->dbh( { new => 1 } )->prepare($strsth) : $dbh->prepare($strsth);
     $sth->execute();
     return $sth;
 }