diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa2958e11b..7945d66105 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ and provided directly the IAVL store.
 to now accept a `codec.JSONMarshaler` for modular serialization of genesis state.
 * (crypto/keys) [\#5735](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/5735) Keyring's Update() function is now no-op.
 * (types/rest) [\#5779](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/5779) Drop unused Parse{Int64OrReturnBadRequest,QueryParamBool}() functions.
+* (keys) [\#5820](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/5820/) Removed method CloseDB from Keybase interface.
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/crypto/keys/keybase.go b/crypto/keys/keybase.go
index b55c7b68b5..2d7e79710f 100644
--- a/crypto/keys/keybase.go
+++ b/crypto/keys/keybase.go
@@ -428,11 +428,6 @@ func (kb dbKeybase) Update(name, oldpass string, getNewpass func() (string, erro
 	}
 }
 
-// CloseDB releases the lock and closes the storage backend.
-func (kb dbKeybase) CloseDB() {
-	kb.db.Close()
-}
-
 // SupportedAlgos returns a list of supported signing algorithms.
 func (kb dbKeybase) SupportedAlgos() []SigningAlgo {
 	return kb.base.SupportedAlgos()
diff --git a/crypto/keys/keyring.go b/crypto/keys/keyring.go
index 0a76c96062..c67413987d 100644
--- a/crypto/keys/keyring.go
+++ b/crypto/keys/keyring.go
@@ -430,9 +430,6 @@ func (kb keyringKeybase) SupportedAlgosLedger() []SigningAlgo {
 	return kb.base.SupportedAlgosLedger()
 }
 
-// CloseDB releases the lock and closes the storage backend.
-func (kb keyringKeybase) CloseDB() {}
-
 func (kb keyringKeybase) writeLocalKey(name string, priv tmcrypto.PrivKey, _ string, algo SigningAlgo) Info {
 	// encrypt private key using keyring
 	pub := priv.PubKey()
diff --git a/crypto/keys/keyring_test.go b/crypto/keys/keyring_test.go
index f521409657..afa726321d 100644
--- a/crypto/keys/keyring_test.go
+++ b/crypto/keys/keyring_test.go
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ func TestLazyKeyManagementKeyRing(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// addr cache gets nuked - and test skip flag
 	require.NoError(t, kb.Delete(n2, "", true))
-
-	require.NotPanics(t, kb.CloseDB)
 }
 
 // TestSignVerify does some detailed checks on how we sign and validate
diff --git a/crypto/keys/lazy_keybase.go b/crypto/keys/lazy_keybase.go
index 2a92ecd304..3ee7e2c16b 100644
--- a/crypto/keys/lazy_keybase.go
+++ b/crypto/keys/lazy_keybase.go
@@ -219,5 +219,3 @@ func (lkb lazyKeybase) SupportedAlgos() []SigningAlgo {
 func (lkb lazyKeybase) SupportedAlgosLedger() []SigningAlgo {
 	return newBaseKeybase(lkb.options...).SupportedAlgosLedger()
 }
-
-func (lkb lazyKeybase) CloseDB() {}
diff --git a/crypto/keys/types.go b/crypto/keys/types.go
index 89f5cb2d53..5149d1c582 100644
--- a/crypto/keys/types.go
+++ b/crypto/keys/types.go
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ type Keybase interface {
 
 	// SupportedAlgosLedger returns a list of signing algorithms supported by the keybase's ledger integration
 	SupportedAlgosLedger() []SigningAlgo
-
-	// CloseDB closes the database.
-	CloseDB()
 }
 
 // KeyType reflects a human-readable type for key listing.