diff --git a/databases/rusty_db.ts b/databases/rusty_db.ts
index 56a3dcf9..e7da4bba 100644
--- a/databases/rusty_db.ts
+++ b/databases/rusty_db.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import AbstractDatabase from "../lib/AbstractDatabase";
+import {KeyValueDB} from 'rusty-store-kv'
 
 export default class Rusty_db extends AbstractDatabase {
     db: any |null| undefined
@@ -33,16 +34,8 @@ export default class Rusty_db extends AbstractDatabase {
     }
 
     async init() {
-        let RUSTY_DB
-        try {
-            RUSTY_DB = await import('rusty-store-kv');
-        } catch (err) {
-            throw new Error(
-                'rusty-store-kv not found. It was removed from ueberdb\'s dependencies because it requires ' +
-                'compilation which fails on several systems. If you still want to use rusty store kv, run ' +
-                '"pnpm install rusty-store-kv" in your etherpad-lite ./src directory.');
-        }
-        this.db = new RUSTY_DB.KeyValueDB(this.settings.filename!);
+
+        this.db = new KeyValueDB(this.settings.filename!);
     }
 
     close() {
diff --git a/databases/sqlite_db.ts b/databases/sqlite_db.ts
index 5b25ab8e..f276b74a 100644
--- a/databases/sqlite_db.ts
+++ b/databases/sqlite_db.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 import {BulkObject} from "./cassandra_db";
 import AbstractDatabase, {Settings} from "../lib/AbstractDatabase";
+import {SQLite} from "rusty-store-kv";
 
 /**
  * 2011 Peter 'Pita' Martischka
@@ -43,16 +44,7 @@ export default class SQLiteDB extends AbstractDatabase {
   }
 
   init(callback: Function) {
-    let SQLITEDB
-    try {
-      SQLITEDB = require('rusty-store-kv');
-    } catch (err) {
-      throw new Error(
-          'rusty-store-kv not found. It was removed from ueberdb\'s dependencies because it requires ' +
-          'compilation which fails on several systems. If you still want to use sqlite, run ' +
-          '"pnpm install rusty-store-kv" in your etherpad-lite ./src directory.');
-    }
-    this.db = new SQLITEDB.SQLite(this.settings.filename as string)
+    this.db = new SQLite(this.settings.filename as string)
     callback();
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bad6a1d7..b48390b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/ether/ueberDB.git"
   },
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
-  "version": "4.2.104",
+  "version": "5.0.0",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/ether/ueberDB/issues"
   },