diff --git a/hash-db/src/lib.rs b/hash-db/src/lib.rs
index 4825aada..2ffd7d82 100644
--- a/hash-db/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hash-db/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub trait Hasher: Sync + Send {
 /// Trait modelling a plain datastore whose key is a fixed type.
 /// The caller should ensure that a key only corresponds to
 /// one value.
-pub trait PlainDB<K, V>: Send + Sync + AsPlainDB<K, V> {
+pub trait PlainDB<K, V>: AsPlainDB<K, V> {
 	/// Look up a given hash into the bytes that hash to it, returning None if the
 	/// hash is not known.
 	fn get(&self, key: &K) -> Option<V>;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl<'a, K, V> PlainDBRef<K, V> for &'a mut dyn PlainDB<K, V> {
 }
 
 /// Trait modelling datastore keyed by a hash defined by the `Hasher`.
-pub trait HashDB<H: Hasher, T>: Send + Sync + AsHashDB<H, T> {
+pub trait HashDB<H: Hasher, T>: AsHashDB<H, T> {
 	/// Look up a given hash into the bytes that hash to it, returning None if the
 	/// hash is not known.
 	fn get(&self, key: &H::Out, prefix: Prefix) -> Option<T>;