diff --git a/src/build_queue.rs b/src/build_queue.rs
index bc7951b26..a0492304e 100644
--- a/src/build_queue.rs
+++ b/src/build_queue.rs
@@ -176,12 +176,8 @@ impl BuildQueue {
         })
     }
 
-    pub(crate) async fn has_build_queued(
-        &self,
-        conn: &mut sqlx::PgConnection,
-        name: &str,
-        version: &str,
-    ) -> Result<bool> {
+    pub(crate) async fn has_build_queued(&self, name: &str, version: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+        let mut conn = self.db.get_async().await?;
         Ok(sqlx::query_scalar!(
             "SELECT id
              FROM queue
@@ -501,7 +497,7 @@ impl BuildQueue {
             update_latest_version_id(&mut *conn, crate_id).await?;
         } else {
             match self
-                .has_build_queued(&mut *conn, name, version)
+                .has_build_queued(name, version)
                 .await
                 .context("error trying to fetch build queue")
             {
@@ -678,20 +674,14 @@ mod tests {
             queue.add_crate("dummy", "0.1.1", 0, None)?;
             env.runtime().block_on(async {
                 let mut conn = env.async_db().await.async_conn().await;
-                assert!(queue
-                    .has_build_queued(&mut conn, "dummy", "0.1.1")
-                    .await
-                    .unwrap());
+                assert!(queue.has_build_queued("dummy", "0.1.1").await.unwrap());
 
                 sqlx::query!("UPDATE queue SET attempt = 6")
                     .execute(&mut *conn)
                     .await
                     .unwrap();
 
-                assert!(!queue
-                    .has_build_queued(&mut conn, "dummy", "0.1.1")
-                    .await
-                    .unwrap());
+                assert!(!queue.has_build_queued("dummy", "0.1.1").await.unwrap());
             });
 
             Ok(())
diff --git a/src/web/builds.rs b/src/web/builds.rs
index ba0065656..a1e5d67a9 100644
--- a/src/web/builds.rs
+++ b/src/web/builds.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ async fn build_trigger_check(
     }
 
     let crate_version_is_in_queue = build_queue
-        .has_build_queued(&mut *conn, name, &version.to_string())
+        .has_build_queued(name, &version.to_string())
         .await?;
 
     if crate_version_is_in_queue {
@@ -268,10 +268,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn has_build_queued(env: &TestEnvironment, name: &str, version: &str) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
         env.runtime().block_on(async move {
-            let mut conn = env.async_db().await.async_conn().await;
             let build_queue = env.build_queue();
 
-            build_queue.has_build_queued(&mut conn, name, version).await
+            build_queue.has_build_queued(name, version).await
         })
     }