diff --git a/src/calibre/db/legacy.py b/src/calibre/db/legacy.py
index 6992eab2b3..efb71223a2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/legacy.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/legacy.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class LibraryDatabase(object):
         cache.init()
         self.data = View(cache)
         self.id = self.data.index_to_id
-        self.row = self.index = self.data.id_to_index
+        self.row = self.data.id_to_index
         for x in ('get_property', 'count', 'refresh_ids', 'set_marked_ids',
                   'multisort', 'search', 'search_getting_ids'):
             setattr(self, x, getattr(self.data, x))
diff --git a/src/calibre/db/tests/legacy.py b/src/calibre/db/tests/legacy.py
index a5f5f693fe..2d8bf466f6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/tests/legacy.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/tests/legacy.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class LegacyTest(BaseTest):
             # Internal API
             'clean_user_categories',  'cleanup_tags',  'books_list_filter', 'conn', 'connect', 'construct_file_name',
             'construct_path_name', 'clear_dirtied', 'initialize_database', 'initialize_dynamic',
-            'run_import_plugins', 'vacuum', 'set_path', 'row', 'row_factory', 'rows', 'rmtree', 'series_index_pat',
+            'run_import_plugins', 'vacuum', 'set_path', 'row_factory', 'rows', 'rmtree', 'series_index_pat',
             'import_old_database', 'dirtied_lock', 'dirtied_cache', 'dirty_books_referencing',
             'windows_check_if_files_in_use', 'get_metadata_for_dump', 'get_a_dirtied_book', 'dirtied_sequence',
             'format_filename_cache', 'format_metadata_cache', 'filter', 'create_version1', 'normpath', 'custom_data_adapters',