diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/schema_table.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/schema_table.go
index 3067374dc3..de61b25d5c 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/schema_table.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/schema_table.go
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ var schemasTableCols = schema.NewColCollection(
 
 var schemaTableSchema = schema.MustSchemaFromCols(schemasTableCols)
 
-func SchemasTableSchema() schema.Schema {
-	return schemaTableSchema
-}
-
 // GetOrCreateDoltSchemasTable returns the `dolt_schemas` table in `db`, creating it if it does not already exist.
 func GetOrCreateDoltSchemasTable(ctx *sql.Context, db Database) (retTbl *WritableDoltTable, retErr error) {
 	tbl, found, err := db.GetTableInsensitive(ctx, doltdb.SchemasTableName)
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlddl_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlddl_test.go
index dfea5337c0..d5987c3712 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlddl_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlddl_test.go
@@ -807,15 +807,15 @@ func TestAlterSystemTables(t *testing.T) {
 		err := CreateEmptyTestTable(dEnv, "dolt_docs", doltdb.DocsSchema)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		err = CreateEmptyTestTable(dEnv, doltdb.SchemasTableName, SchemasTableSchema())
+		err = CreateEmptyTestTable(dEnv, doltdb.SchemasTableName, schemaTableSchema)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		CreateTestTable(t, dEnv, "dolt_docs", doltdb.DocsSchema,
 			"INSERT INTO dolt_docs VALUES ('LICENSE.md','A license')")
 		CreateTestTable(t, dEnv, doltdb.DoltQueryCatalogTableName, dtables.DoltQueryCatalogSchema,
 			"INSERT INTO dolt_query_catalog VALUES ('abc123', 1, 'example', 'select 2+2 from dual', 'description')")
-		CreateTestTable(t, dEnv, doltdb.SchemasTableName, SchemasTableSchema(),
-			"INSERT INTO dolt_schemas (type, name, fragment, id) VALUES ('view', 'name', 'create view name as select 2+2 from dual', 1)")
+		CreateTestTable(t, dEnv, doltdb.SchemasTableName, schemaTableSchema,
+			"INSERT INTO dolt_schemas (type, name, fragment) VALUES ('view', 'name', 'create view name as select 2+2 from dual')")
 	}
 
 	t.Run("Create", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqldelete_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqldelete_test.go
index 563d878e5e..aa077130fd 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqldelete_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqldelete_test.go
@@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ var systemTableDeleteTests = []DeleteTest{
 	},
 	{
 		Name: "delete dolt_schemas",
-		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, SchemasTableSchema(),
+		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, schemaTableSchema,
 			"INSERT INTO dolt_schemas (type, name, fragment, id) VALUES ('view', 'name', 'create view name as select 2+2 from dual', 1)"),
 		DeleteQuery:    "delete from dolt_schemas",
 		SelectQuery:    "select * from dolt_schemas",
 		ExpectedRows:   ToSqlRows(dtables.DoltQueryCatalogSchema),
-		ExpectedSchema: SchemasTableSchema(),
+		ExpectedSchema: schemaTableSchema,
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlinsert_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlinsert_test.go
index 92a704b8c2..4e3c3d412d 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlinsert_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlinsert_test.go
@@ -397,13 +397,13 @@ var systemTableInsertTests = []InsertTest{
 	},
 	{
 		Name:            "insert into dolt_schemas",
-		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, SchemasTableSchema(), ""),
+		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, schemaTableSchema, ""),
 		InsertQuery:     "insert into dolt_schemas (id, type, name, fragment) values (1, 'view', 'name', 'create view name as select 2+2 from dual')",
 		SelectQuery:     "select * from dolt_schemas ORDER BY id",
-		ExpectedRows: ToSqlRows(CompressSchema(SchemasTableSchema()),
+		ExpectedRows: ToSqlRows(CompressSchema(schemaTableSchema),
 			NewRow(types.String("view"), types.String("name"), types.String("create view name as select 2+2 from dual"), types.Int(1)),
 		),
-		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(SchemasTableSchema()),
+		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(schemaTableSchema),
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlreplace_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlreplace_test.go
index 9b7ef8abe2..fdb7d4b616 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlreplace_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlreplace_test.go
@@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ var systemTableReplaceTests = []ReplaceTest{
 	},
 	{
 		Name: "replace into dolt_schemas",
-		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, SchemasTableSchema(),
+		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, schemaTableSchema,
 			"INSERT INTO dolt_schemas VALUES ('view', 'name', 'create view name as select 2+2 from dual', 1, NULL)"),
 		ReplaceQuery:   "replace into dolt_schemas (id, type, name, fragment) values ('1', 'view', 'name', 'create view name as select 1+1 from dual')",
 		SelectQuery:    "select type, name, fragment, id, extra from dolt_schemas",
 		ExpectedRows:   []sql.Row{{"view", "name", "create view name as select 1+1 from dual", int64(1), nil}},
-		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(SchemasTableSchema()),
+		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(schemaTableSchema),
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go
index 26788a91aa..7408790738 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go
@@ -1298,11 +1298,11 @@ var systemTableSelectTests = []SelectTest{
 	},
 	{
 		Name: "select from dolt_schemas",
-		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, SchemasTableSchema(),
+		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, schemaTableSchema,
 			`INSERT INTO dolt_schemas VALUES ('view', 'name', 'create view name as select 2+2 from dual', 1, NULL)`),
 		Query:          "select * from dolt_schemas",
 		ExpectedRows:   []sql.Row{{"view", "name", "create view name as select 2+2 from dual", int64(1), nil}},
-		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(SchemasTableSchema()),
+		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(schemaTableSchema),
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlupdate_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlupdate_test.go
index c8ea97902f..25ef8597fc 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlupdate_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlupdate_test.go
@@ -377,12 +377,12 @@ var systemTableUpdateTests = []UpdateTest{
 	},
 	{
 		Name: "update dolt_schemas",
-		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, SchemasTableSchema(),
+		AdditionalSetup: CreateTableFn(doltdb.SchemasTableName, schemaTableSchema,
 			`INSERT INTO dolt_schemas VALUES ('view', 'name', 'create view name as select 2+2 from dual', 1, NULL)`),
 		UpdateQuery:    "update dolt_schemas set type = 'not a view'",
 		SelectQuery:    "select * from dolt_schemas",
 		ExpectedRows:   []sql.Row{{"not a view", "name", "create view name as select 2+2 from dual", int64(1), nil}},
-		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(SchemasTableSchema()),
+		ExpectedSchema: CompressSchema(schemaTableSchema),
 	},
 }