diff --git a/keystore2/aconfig/flags.aconfig b/keystore2/aconfig/flags.aconfig
index 7bdb007..133c4ab 100644
--- a/keystore2/aconfig/flags.aconfig
+++ b/keystore2/aconfig/flags.aconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package: "android.security.keystore2"
 
 flag {
-  name: "wal_db_journalmode_v2"
+  name: "wal_db_journalmode_v3"
   namespace: "hardware_backed_security"
   description: "This flag controls changing journalmode to wal"
   bug: "191777960"
diff --git a/keystore2/legacykeystore/lib.rs b/keystore2/legacykeystore/lib.rs
index a665405..f7a8198 100644
--- a/keystore2/legacykeystore/lib.rs
+++ b/keystore2/legacykeystore/lib.rs
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@
             conn: Connection::open(db_file).context("Failed to initialize SQLite connection.")?,
         };
 
-        if keystore2_flags::wal_db_journalmode_v2() {
-            // Update journal mode to WAL
-            db.conn
-                .pragma_update(None, "journal_mode", "WAL")
-                .context("Failed to connect in WAL mode for persistent db")?;
-        }
         db.init_tables().context("Trying to initialize legacy keystore db.")?;
         Ok(db)
     }
diff --git a/keystore2/src/database.rs b/keystore2/src/database.rs
index 93de484..15ceed6 100644
--- a/keystore2/src/database.rs
+++ b/keystore2/src/database.rs
@@ -1014,6 +1014,14 @@
         let mut persistent_path_str = "file:".to_owned();
         persistent_path_str.push_str(&persistent_path.to_string_lossy());
 
+        // Connect to database in specific mode
+        let persistent_path_mode = if keystore2_flags::wal_db_journalmode_v3() {
+            "?journal_mode=WAL".to_owned()
+        } else {
+            "?journal_mode=DELETE".to_owned()
+        };
+        persistent_path_str.push_str(&persistent_path_mode);
+
         Ok(persistent_path_str)
     }
 
@@ -1036,11 +1044,6 @@
             break;
         }
 
-        if keystore2_flags::wal_db_journalmode_v2() {
-            // Update journal mode to WAL
-            conn.pragma_update(None, "journal_mode", "WAL")
-                .context("Failed to connect in WAL mode for persistent db")?;
-        }
         // Drop the cache size from default (2M) to 0.5M
         conn.execute("PRAGMA persistent.cache_size = -500;", params![])
             .context("Failed to decrease cache size for persistent db")?;