diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go
index f949ebf1c3..d344fa9f5c 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dfunctions"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dsess"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables"
-	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/globalstate"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/utils/argparser"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/utils/filesys"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/utils/iohelp"
@@ -1490,11 +1489,10 @@ func getDbState(ctx context.Context, db dsqle.Database, mrEnv env.MultiRepoEnv)
 	}
 
 	return dsess.InitialDbState{
-		Db:          db,
-		HeadCommit:  headCommit,
-		WorkingSet:  ws,
-		DbData:      dEnv.DbData(),
-		GlobalState: globalstate.NewGlobalStateStore(),
+		Db:         db,
+		HeadCommit: headCommit,
+		WorkingSet: ws,
+		DbData:     dEnv.DbData(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
index 3b8c8ac326..1357b942be 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dfunctions"
 	_ "github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dfunctions"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dsess"
-	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/globalstate"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/utils/tracing"
 )
 
@@ -277,8 +276,6 @@ func getDbStates(ctx context.Context, mrEnv env.MultiRepoEnv, dbs []dsqle.Databa
 			HeadCommit: headCommit,
 			WorkingSet: ws,
 			DbData:     dEnv.DbData(),
-			// TODO: The placement of this may change when multiple Dolt Databases can be represented in one commit log.
-			GlobalState: globalstate.NewGlobalStateStore(),
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database.go
index 0b7905885e..88aa89c8aa 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/schema/alterschema"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dsess"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables"
+	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/globalstate"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlfmt"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlutil"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/table/editor"
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ type Database struct {
 	rsr  env.RepoStateReader
 	rsw  env.RepoStateWriter
 	drw  env.DocsReadWriter
+
+	// todo: needs a major refactor to
+	//   correctly handle persisted sequences
+	//   that must be coordinated across txs
+	gs globalstate.GlobalState
 }
 
 var _ sql.Database = Database{}
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ func NewDatabase(name string, dbData env.DbData) Database {
 		rsr:  dbData.Rsr,
 		rsw:  dbData.Rsw,
 		drw:  dbData.Drw,
+		gs:   globalstate.NewGlobalStateStore(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database_provider.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database_provider.go
index cc29e311f4..230de10590 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database_provider.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/database_provider.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func dbRevisionForBranch(ctx context.Context, srcDb Database, revSpec string) (D
 		rsw:  static,
 		rsr:  static,
 		drw:  static,
+		gs:   srcDb.gs,
 	}
 	init := dsess.InitialDbState{
 		Db:         db,
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ func dbRevisionForCommit(ctx context.Context, srcDb Database, revSpec string) (R
 		rsw:  srcDb.rsw,
 		rsr:  srcDb.rsr,
 		drw:  srcDb.drw,
+		gs:   nil,
 	}}
 	init := dsess.InitialDbState{
 		Db:           db,
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dsess/session.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dsess/session.go
index 65ac201e14..bc78d52ba1 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dsess/session.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dsess/session.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/env"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/ref"
-	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/globalstate"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/table/editor"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/store/hash"
 )
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ type DatabaseSessionState struct {
 	dirty                bool
 	TempTableRoot        *doltdb.RootValue
 	TempTableEditSession *editor.TableEditSession
-	GlobalState          globalstate.GlobalState
 }
 
 func (d DatabaseSessionState) GetRoots() doltdb.Roots {
@@ -182,7 +180,6 @@ type InitialDbState struct {
 	ReadOnly     bool
 	WorkingSet   *doltdb.WorkingSet
 	DbData       env.DbData
-	GlobalState  globalstate.GlobalState
 }
 
 // NewSession creates a Session object from a standard sql.Session and 0 or more Database objects.
@@ -597,26 +594,6 @@ func (sess *Session) GetDoltDB(ctx *sql.Context, dbName string) (*doltdb.DoltDB,
 	return dbState.dbData.Ddb, true
 }
 
-func (sess *Session) GetDoltDbAutoIncrementTracker(ctx *sql.Context, dbName string) (globalstate.AutoIncrementTracker, bool) {
-	dbState, ok, err := sess.LookupDbState(ctx, dbName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-
-	wsref := dbState.WorkingSet.Ref()
-
-	if dbState.GlobalState == nil {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-
-	tracker := dbState.GlobalState.GetAutoIncrementTracker(wsref)
-
-	return tracker, true
-}
-
 func (sess *Session) GetDbData(ctx *sql.Context, dbName string) (env.DbData, bool) {
 	dbState, ok, err := sess.LookupDbState(ctx, dbName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1058,7 +1035,6 @@ func (sess *Session) AddDB(ctx *sql.Context, dbState InitialDbState) error {
 	adapter := NewSessionStateAdapter(sess, db.Name())
 	sessionState.dbData.Rsr = adapter
 	sessionState.dbData.Rsw = adapter
-	sessionState.GlobalState = dbState.GlobalState
 	sessionState.readOnly, sessionState.detachedHead = dbState.ReadOnly, dbState.DetachedHead
 
 	sessionState.EditSession = editor.CreateTableEditSession(nil, editor.TableEditSessionProps{})
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_harness.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_harness.go
index 6d5bbf8d9e..afb4127fbd 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_harness.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_harness.go
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ func getDbState(t *testing.T, db sqle.Database, dEnv *env.DoltEnv, globalState g
 		HeadCommit:  headCommit,
 		WorkingSet:  ws,
 		DbData:      dEnv.DbData(),
-		GlobalState: globalState,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/table_editor.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/table_editor.go
index e9d0e6030d..50aad05d50 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/table_editor.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/table_editor.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package sqle
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql"
 
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb"
@@ -67,8 +69,13 @@ func newSqlTableEditor(ctx *sql.Context, t *WritableDoltTable) (*sqlTableEditor,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	doltSession := dsess.DSessFromSess(ctx.Session)
-	ait, _ := doltSession.GetDoltDbAutoIncrementTracker(ctx, t.db.Name())
+	err = fmt.Errorf("could not create auto_increment tracker for table %s", t.tableName)
+	ds := dsess.DSessFromSess(ctx.Session)
+	ws, err := ds.WorkingSet(ctx, t.db.name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	ait := t.db.gs.GetAutoIncrementTracker(ws.Ref())
 
 	conv := NewKVToSqlRowConverterForCols(t.nbf, t.sch.GetAllCols().GetColumns())
 	return &sqlTableEditor{