diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1063c3b..05f48c37 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -991,7 +991,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "garage_db"
 version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
- "arc-swap",
  "err-derive 0.3.1",
  "mktemp",
  "sled",
diff --git a/src/db/Cargo.toml b/src/db/Cargo.toml
index 025016d5..ae6cb45f 100644
--- a/src/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 err-derive = "0.3"
-arc-swap = "1.0"
 
 sled = "0.34"
 
diff --git a/src/db/lib.rs b/src/db/lib.rs
index c3e89ba4..2b9b6bd7 100644
--- a/src/db/lib.rs
+++ b/src/db/lib.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ pub mod test;
 use core::ops::{Bound, RangeBounds};
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use arc_swap::ArcSwapOption;
 use err_derive::Error;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub type ValueIter<'a> =
 	Box<dyn std::iter::Iterator<Item = Result<(Value<'a>, Value<'a>)>> + Send + Sync + 'a>;
 
 pub type Exporter<'a> =
-	Box<dyn std::iter::Iterator<Item=Result<(String, ValueIter<'a>)>> + Send + Sync + 'a>;
+	Box<dyn std::iter::Iterator<Item = Result<(String, ValueIter<'a>)>> + Send + Sync + 'a>;
 
 // ----
 
@@ -59,30 +59,26 @@ impl Db {
 	pub fn transaction<R, E, F>(&self, fun: F) -> TxResult<R, E>
 	where
 		F: Fn(Transaction<'_>) -> TxResult<R, E>,
-		R: Send + Sync,
-		E: Send + Sync,
 	{
 		let f = TxFn {
 			function: fun,
-			result: ArcSwapOption::new(None),
+			result: Cell::new(None),
 		};
 		match self.0.transaction(&f) {
 			Err(TxError::Db(e)) => Err(TxError::Db(e)),
 			Err(TxError::Abort(())) => {
-				let r_arc = f
+				let r = f
 					.result
 					.into_inner()
 					.expect("Transaction did not store result");
-				let r = Arc::try_unwrap(r_arc).ok().expect("Many refs");
 				assert!(matches!(r, Err(TxError::Abort(_))));
 				r
 			}
 			Ok(()) => {
-				let r_arc = f
+				let r = f
 					.result
 					.into_inner()
 					.expect("Transaction did not store result");
-				let r = Arc::try_unwrap(r_arc).ok().expect("Many refs");
 				assert!(matches!(r, Ok(_)));
 				r
 			}
@@ -186,18 +182,12 @@ impl<'a> Transaction<'a> {
 
 	#[must_use]
 	pub fn abort<R, E>(self, e: E) -> TxResult<R, E>
-	where
-		R: Send + Sync,
-		E: Send + Sync,
 	{
 		Err(TxError::Abort(e))
 	}
 
 	#[must_use]
 	pub fn commit<R, E>(self, r: R) -> TxResult<R, E>
-	where
-		R: Send + Sync,
-		E: Send + Sync,
 	{
 		Ok(r)
 	}
@@ -270,18 +260,14 @@ enum TxFnResult {
 struct TxFn<F, R, E>
 where
 	F: Fn(Transaction<'_>) -> TxResult<R, E>,
-	R: Send + Sync,
-	E: Send + Sync,
 {
 	function: F,
-	result: ArcSwapOption<TxResult<R, E>>,
+	result: Cell<Option<TxResult<R, E>>>,
 }
 
 impl<F, R, E> ITxFn for TxFn<F, R, E>
 where
 	F: Fn(Transaction<'_>) -> TxResult<R, E>,
-	R: Send + Sync,
-	E: Send + Sync,
 {
 	fn try_on<'a>(&'a self, tx: &'a dyn ITx<'a>) -> TxFnResult {
 		let res = (self.function)(Transaction(tx));
@@ -290,7 +276,7 @@ where
 			Err(TxError::Abort(_)) => TxFnResult::Abort,
 			Err(TxError::Db(_)) => TxFnResult::Err,
 		};
-		self.result.store(Some(Arc::new(res)));
+		self.result.set(Some(res));
 		retval
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/db/sled_adapter.rs b/src/db/sled_adapter.rs
index 9ee9ea58..3942317c 100644
--- a/src/db/sled_adapter.rs
+++ b/src/db/sled_adapter.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 use core::ops::Bound;
 
+use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 
-use arc_swap::ArcSwapOption;
-
 use sled::transaction::{
 	ConflictableTransactionError, TransactionError, Transactional, TransactionalTree,
 	UnabortableTransactionError,
 };
 
-use crate::{Db, Error, IDb, ITx, ITxFn, Result, TxError, TxFnResult, TxResult, Value, ValueIter, Exporter};
+use crate::{
+	Db, Error, Exporter, IDb, ITx, ITxFn, Result, TxError, TxFnResult, TxResult, Value, ValueIter,
+};
 
 pub use sled;
 
@@ -47,20 +48,20 @@ impl SledDb {
 	pub fn export<'a>(&'a self) -> Result<Exporter<'a>> {
 		let mut trees = vec![];
 		for name in self.db.tree_names() {
-			let name = std::str::from_utf8(&name).map_err(|e| Error(format!("{}", e).into()))?.to_string();
+			let name = std::str::from_utf8(&name)
+				.map_err(|e| Error(format!("{}", e).into()))?
+				.to_string();
 			let tree = self.open_tree(&name)?;
 			let tree = self.trees.read().unwrap().0.get(tree).unwrap().clone();
 			trees.push((name, tree));
 		}
-		let trees_exporter: Exporter<'a> = Box::new(trees
-			.into_iter()
-			.map(|(name, tree)| {
-				let iter: ValueIter<'a> = Box::new(tree.iter().map(|v| {
-					v.map(|(x, y)| (x.to_vec().into(), y.to_vec().into()))
-						.map_err(Into::into)
-				}));
-				Ok((name.to_string(), iter))
+		let trees_exporter: Exporter<'a> = Box::new(trees.into_iter().map(|(name, tree)| {
+			let iter: ValueIter<'a> = Box::new(tree.iter().map(|v| {
+				v.map(|(x, y)| (x.to_vec().into(), y.to_vec().into()))
+					.map_err(Into::into)
 			}));
+			Ok((name.to_string(), iter))
+		}));
 		Ok(trees_exporter)
 	}
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ impl IDb for SledDb {
 		let res = trees.0.transaction(|txtrees| {
 			let tx = SledTx {
 				trees: txtrees,
-				err: ArcSwapOption::new(None),
+				err: Cell::new(None),
 			};
 			match f.try_on(&tx) {
 				TxFnResult::Ok => {
@@ -184,11 +185,10 @@ impl IDb for SledDb {
 					Err(ConflictableTransactionError::Abort(()))
 				}
 				TxFnResult::Err => {
-					let err_arc = tx
+					let err = tx
 						.err
 						.into_inner()
 						.expect("Transaction did not store error");
-					let err = Arc::try_unwrap(err_arc).ok().expect("Many refs");
 					Err(err.into())
 				}
 			}
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ impl IDb for SledDb {
 
 struct SledTx<'a> {
 	trees: &'a [TransactionalTree],
-	err: ArcSwapOption<UnabortableTransactionError>,
+	err: Cell<Option<UnabortableTransactionError>>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> SledTx<'a> {
 	fn get_tree(&self, i: usize) -> Result<&TransactionalTree> {
-		self.trees
-			.get(i)
-			.ok_or(Error("invalid tree id (it might have been openned after the transaction started)".into()))
+		self.trees.get(i).ok_or(Error(
+			"invalid tree id (it might have been openned after the transaction started)".into(),
+		))
 	}
 
 	fn save_error<R>(&self, v: std::result::Result<R, UnabortableTransactionError>) -> Result<R> {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ impl<'a> SledTx<'a> {
 			Ok(x) => Ok(x),
 			Err(e) => {
 				let txt = format!("{}", e);
-				self.err.store(Some(Arc::new(e)));
+				self.err.set(Some(e));
 				Err(Error(txt.into()))
 			}
 		}