diff --git a/merkle/merkle.go b/merkle/merkle.go
index c2a7088fea..b5df63a5f1 100644
--- a/merkle/merkle.go
+++ b/merkle/merkle.go
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/database"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/database/memdb"
-	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/trace"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/x/merkledb"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/utils"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/ids"
 )
 
 // Generate merkle root for a set of items
-func GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx context.Context, config merkledb.Config, tracer trace.Tracer, merkleItems [][]byte, consumeBytes bool) (ids.ID, merkledb.MerkleDB, error) {
+func GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx context.Context, config merkledb.Config, merkleItems [][]byte, consumeBytes bool) (ids.ID, merkledb.MerkleDB, error) {
 	batchOps := make([]database.BatchOp, 0, len(merkleItems))
 
 	for _, item := range merkleItems {
@@ -32,11 +31,8 @@ func GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx context.Context, config merkledb.Config, tracer trac
 	if err != nil {
 		return ids.Empty, nil, err
 	}
-	if err := view.CommitToDB(ctx); err != nil {
-		return ids.Empty, nil, err
-	}
 
-	root, err := db.GetMerkleRoot(ctx)
+	root, err := view.GetMerkleRoot(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ids.Empty, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/merkle/merkle_test.go b/merkle/merkle_test.go
index 176411209c..99853f0b33 100644
--- a/merkle/merkle_test.go
+++ b/merkle/merkle_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/trace"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/units"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/x/merkledb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 var resRoot ids.ID
@@ -19,43 +20,41 @@ var resErr error
 
 func BenchmarkMerkleTxRoot(b *testing.B) {
 	for _, size := range []int{10, 100, 1000, 10000} {
-    ctx := context.TODO()
-    tracer := trace.Noop
-    merkleItems := make([][]byte, 0, size)
-    for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
-      item := make([]byte, 32)
-      _, err := rand.Read(item)
-      if err != nil {
-        b.Fatal(err)
-      }
-      merkleItems = append(merkleItems, item)
-    }
-
-    var root ids.ID
-    var db merkledb.MerkleDB
-    var err error
-
-    defaultConfig := merkledb.Config{
-      BranchFactor:              merkledb.BranchFactor16,
-      HistoryLength:             100,
-      IntermediateNodeCacheSize: units.MiB,
-      ValueNodeCacheSize:        units.MiB,
-      Tracer:                    tracer,
-    }
+		ctx := context.TODO()
+		tracer := trace.Noop
+		merkleItems := make([][]byte, 0, size)
+		for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
+			item := make([]byte, 32)
+			_, err := rand.Read(item)
+			require.NoError(b, err)
+			merkleItems = append(merkleItems, item)
+		}
+
+		var root ids.ID
+		var db merkledb.MerkleDB
+		var err error
+
+		defaultConfig := merkledb.Config{
+			BranchFactor:              merkledb.BranchFactor16,
+			HistoryLength:             100,
+			IntermediateNodeCacheSize: units.MiB,
+			ValueNodeCacheSize:        units.MiB,
+			Tracer:                    tracer,
+		}
 
 		b.Run(strconv.Itoa(size), func(b *testing.B) {
 			for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 				for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
-          root, db, err = GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx, defaultConfig, tracer, merkleItems, false)
+					root, db, err = GenerateMerkleRoot(ctx, defaultConfig, merkleItems, false)
 				}
 			}
 		})
 
-    // avoid compiler optimizations to cancel out the bench
-    resRoot = root
-    resDb = db
-    resErr = err
+		// avoid compiler optimizations to cancel out the bench
+		resRoot = root
+		resDb = db
+		resErr = err
 	}
 
-  b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ReportAllocs()
 }