diff --git a/resources/lib/itemtypes.py b/resources/lib/itemtypes.py
index 31146931..be88694d 100644
--- a/resources/lib/itemtypes.py
+++ b/resources/lib/itemtypes.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import xbmcgui
 
 import artwork
 from utils import tryEncode, tryDecode, settings, window, kodiSQL, \
-    CatchExceptions, copy_database
+    CatchExceptions
 import embydb_functions as embydb
 import kodidb_functions as kodidb
 
@@ -33,35 +33,23 @@ class Items(object):
 
     Input:
         kodiType:       optional argument; e.g. 'video' or 'music'
-        inmemory:       Do the work in-memory (copying the Kodi DB around!)
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, inmemory=False):
+    def __init__(self):
         self.kodiversion = int(xbmc.getInfoLabel("System.BuildVersion")[:2])
         self.directpath = window('useDirectPaths') == 'true'
 
         self.artwork = artwork.Artwork()
         self.userid = window('currUserId')
         self.server = window('pms_server')
-        self.inmemory = inmemory
 
     def __enter__(self):
         """
         Open DB connections and cursors
         """
-        if self.inmemory is True:
-            # Copy the databases into memory first
-            log.info('Processing in-memory!')
-            embyconn = kodiSQL('emby')
-            self.embyconn = copy_database(embyconn, dest_conn=':memory:')
-            embyconn.close()
-            kodiconn = kodiSQL('video')
-            self.kodiconn = copy_database(kodiconn, dest_conn=':memory:')
-            kodiconn.close()
-        else:
-            self.embyconn = kodiSQL('emby')
-            self.kodiconn = kodiSQL('video')
+        self.embyconn = kodiSQL('emby')
         self.embycursor = self.embyconn.cursor()
+        self.kodiconn = kodiSQL('video')
         self.kodicursor = self.kodiconn.cursor()
         self.emby_db = embydb.Embydb_Functions(self.embycursor)
         self.kodi_db = kodidb.Kodidb_Functions(self.kodicursor)
@@ -73,15 +61,6 @@ class Items(object):
         """
         self.embyconn.commit()
         self.kodiconn.commit()
-        if self.inmemory is True:
-            # Copy the in-memory db back to disk
-            embyconn = kodiSQL('emby')
-            self.embyconn = copy_database(self.embyconn, embyconn)
-            embyconn.close()
-            kodiconn = kodiSQL('video')
-            self.kodiconn = copy_database(self.kodiconn, kodiconn)
-            kodiconn.close()
-            log.info('Processed in-memory finished')
         self.embyconn.close()
         self.kodiconn.close()
         return self
diff --git a/resources/lib/librarysync.py b/resources/lib/librarysync.py
index 0ed06199..f5513930 100644
--- a/resources/lib/librarysync.py
+++ b/resources/lib/librarysync.py
@@ -143,13 +143,11 @@ class ThreadedProcessMetadata(Thread):
         itemType:   as used to call functions in itemtypes.py
                     e.g. 'Movies' => itemtypes.Movies()
         lock:       Lock(), used for counting where we are
-        inmemory:   Do the work in-memory (copying the Kodi DB around!)
     """
-    def __init__(self, queue, itemType, lock, inmemory=False):
+    def __init__(self, queue, itemType, lock):
         self.queue = queue
         self.lock = lock
         self.itemType = itemType
-        self.inmemory = inmemory
         Thread.__init__(self)
 
     def terminateNow(self):
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ class ThreadedProcessMetadata(Thread):
         threadStopped = self.threadStopped
         global processMetadataCount
         global processingViewName
-        with itemFkt(inmemory=self.inmemory) as item:
+        with itemFkt() as item:
             while threadStopped() is False:
                 # grabs item from queue
                 try:
@@ -987,17 +985,14 @@ class LibrarySync(Thread):
             thread.start()
             threads.append(thread)
         log.info("%s download threads spawned" % len(threads))
-        # Process the Kodi DB in-memory if we got a lot of items
-        inmemory = True if itemNumber > 50 else False
         # Spawn one more thread to process Metadata, once downloaded
         thread = ThreadedProcessMetadata(processMetadataQueue,
                                          itemType,
-                                         processMetadataLock,
-                                         inmemory=inmemory)
+                                         processMetadataLock)
         thread.setDaemon(True)
         thread.start()
         threads.append(thread)
-        log.info("Processing thread spawned with inmemory=%s" % inmemory)
+        log.info("Processing thread spawned")
         # Start one thread to show sync progress ONLY for new PMS items
         if self.new_items_only is True and window('dbSyncIndicator') == 'true':
             dialog = xbmcgui.DialogProgressBG()
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index 909a865b..52d5c415 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -212,20 +212,6 @@ def kodiSQL(media_type="video"):
     connection = sqlite3.connect(dbPath, timeout=15.0)
     return connection
 
-
-def copy_database(source_conn, dest_conn=':memory:'):
-    '''
-    Returns a connection to a new copy of an existing database. Raises an
-    sqlite3.OperationalError if the destination already exists.
-
-    dest_conn=':memory:'      causes the destination db to reside in-memory
-    '''
-    if dest_conn == ':memory:':
-        dest_conn = sqlite3.connect(dest_conn, timeout=15.0)
-    dest_conn.executescript(''.join(source_conn.iterdump()))
-    return dest_conn
-
-
 def getKodiVideoDBPath():
 
     dbVersion = {