diff --git a/packages/web/src/idb/repository/ref-messages.ts b/packages/web/src/idb/repository/ref-messages.ts
index 8de88620..6bb039c9 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/idb/repository/ref-messages.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/idb/repository/ref-messages.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IReferenceMessagesRepository } from '@mtcute/core'
 
 import { IdbStorageDriver } from '../driver.js'
-import { cursorToIterator, reqToPromise, txToPromise } from '../utils.js'
+import { reqToPromise, txToPromise } from '../utils.js'
 
 const TABLE = 'messageRefs'
 
@@ -62,8 +62,14 @@ export class IdbRefMsgRepository implements IReferenceMessagesRepository {
         const os = tx.objectStore(TABLE)
         const index = os.index('by_peer')
 
-        for await (const cursor of cursorToIterator(index.openCursor(peerId))) {
+        const req = index.openCursor(peerId)
+
+        let cursor = await reqToPromise(req)
+
+        while (cursor) {
             cursor.delete()
+            cursor.continue()
+            cursor = await reqToPromise(req)
         }
 
         return txToPromise(tx)
diff --git a/packages/web/src/idb/utils.ts b/packages/web/src/idb/utils.ts
index e30b866f..72d35c7c 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/idb/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/idb/utils.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,3 @@ export function reqToPromise<T>(req: IDBRequest<T>): Promise<T> {
         req.onerror = () => reject(req.error)
     })
 }
-
-export async function* cursorToIterator<T extends IDBCursor>(
-    req: IDBRequest<T | null>,
-): AsyncIterableIterator<T> {
-    let cursor = await reqToPromise(req)
-
-    while (cursor) {
-        yield cursor
-        cursor.continue()
-        cursor = await reqToPromise(req)
-    }
-}