diff --git a/Ladybird/AppKit/main.mm b/Ladybird/AppKit/main.mm
index 7055d1b5e5..cb4f840484 100644
--- a/Ladybird/AppKit/main.mm
+++ b/Ladybird/AppKit/main.mm
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     args_parser.parse(arguments);
 
     auto sql_server_paths = TRY(get_paths_for_helper_process("SQLServer"sv));
-    auto sql_client = TRY(SQL::SQLClient::launch_server_and_create_client(move(sql_server_paths)));
-
-    auto database = TRY(WebView::Database::create(move(sql_client)));
+    auto database = TRY(WebView::Database::create(move(sql_server_paths)));
     auto cookie_jar = TRY(WebView::CookieJar::create(*database));
 
     Optional<URL> initial_url;
diff --git a/Ladybird/CMakeLists.txt b/Ladybird/CMakeLists.txt
index 1320b75425..1d6d5a33dd 100644
--- a/Ladybird/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Ladybird/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ target_sources(ladybird PUBLIC FILE_SET ladybird TYPE HEADERS
     BASE_DIRS ${SERENITY_SOURCE_DIR}
     FILES ${LADYBIRD_HEADERS}
 )
-target_link_libraries(ladybird PRIVATE LibCore LibFileSystem LibGfx LibGUI LibIPC LibJS LibMain LibPublicSuffix LibWeb LibWebView LibSQL LibProtocol)
+target_link_libraries(ladybird PRIVATE LibCore LibFileSystem LibGfx LibGUI LibIPC LibJS LibMain LibPublicSuffix LibWeb LibWebView LibProtocol)
 
 target_include_directories(ladybird PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 target_include_directories(ladybird PRIVATE ${SERENITY_SOURCE_DIR}/Userland/)
diff --git a/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp b/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp
index da28dcc070..27f93c6c00 100644
--- a/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp
+++ b/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <LibFileSystem/FileSystem.h>
 #include <LibGfx/Font/FontDatabase.h>
 #include <LibMain/Main.h>
-#include <LibSQL/SQLClient.h>
 #include <LibWebView/CookieJar.h>
 #include <LibWebView/Database.h>
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -99,8 +98,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     if (enable_sql_database) {
         auto sql_server_paths = TRY(get_paths_for_helper_process("SQLServer"sv));
-        auto sql_client = TRY(SQL::SQLClient::launch_server_and_create_client(move(sql_server_paths)));
-        database = TRY(WebView::Database::create(move(sql_client)));
+        database = TRY(WebView::Database::create(move(sql_server_paths)));
     }
 
     auto cookie_jar = database ? TRY(WebView::CookieJar::create(*database)) : WebView::CookieJar::create();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.cpp
index 6c5c2c8832..c0afb48d70 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Database>> Database::create()
     return create(move(sql_client));
 }
 
+#if !defined(AK_OS_SERENITY)
+
+ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Database>> Database::create(Vector<String> candidate_sql_server_paths)
+{
+    auto sql_client = TRY(SQL::SQLClient::launch_server_and_create_client(move(candidate_sql_server_paths)));
+    return create(move(sql_client));
+}
+
+#endif
+
 ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Database>> Database::create(NonnullRefPtr<SQL::SQLClient> sql_client)
 {
     auto connection_id = sql_client->connect(database_name);
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.h
index 20166b3f56..3963098f97 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/Database.h
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class Database : public RefCounted<Database> {
 
 public:
     static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Database>> create();
-    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Database>> create(NonnullRefPtr<SQL::SQLClient>);
+#if !defined(AK_OS_SERENITY)
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Database>> create(Vector<String> candidate_sql_server_paths);
+#endif
 
     ErrorOr<SQL::StatementID> prepare_statement(StringView statement);
 
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Database>> create(NonnullRefPtr<SQL::SQLClient>);
+
     struct ExecutionKey {
         constexpr bool operator==(ExecutionKey const&) const = default;