diff --git a/tsdb/db.go b/tsdb/db.go
index 173f6db77d..072acb9bfb 100644
--- a/tsdb/db.go
+++ b/tsdb/db.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (db *DBReadOnly) FlushWAL(dir string) error {
 	if len(blockReaders) > 0 {
 		maxBlockTime = blockReaders[len(blockReaders)-1].Meta().MaxTime
 	}
-	w, err := wal.Open(db.logger, nil, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
+	w, err := wal.Open(db.logger, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func (db *DBReadOnly) Querier(ctx context.Context, mint, maxt int64) (storage.Qu
 
 	// Also add the WAL if the current blocks don't cover the requests time range.
 	if maxBlockTime <= maxt {
-		w, err := wal.Open(db.logger, nil, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
+		w, err := wal.Open(db.logger, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/wal.go b/tsdb/wal/wal.go
index bb57975ad6..774b5f0ba5 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/wal/wal.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func NewSize(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, segmentSi
 }
 
 // Open an existing WAL.
-func Open(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string) (*WAL, error) {
+func Open(logger log.Logger, dir string) (*WAL, error) {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
 	}