diff --git a/service/pkg/db/db.go b/service/pkg/db/db.go
index 3db39d11e0..038ee0543d 100644
--- a/service/pkg/db/db.go
+++ b/service/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ func (t Table) Field(field string) string {
 // We can rename this but wanted to get mocks working.
 type PgxIface interface {
 	Acquire(ctx context.Context) (*pgxpool.Conn, error)
-	Begin(ctx context.Context) (pgx.Tx, error)
 	Exec(context.Context, string, ...any) (pgconn.CommandTag, error)
 	QueryRow(context.Context, string, ...any) pgx.Row
 	Query(context.Context, string, ...any) (pgx.Rows, error)
diff --git a/service/policy/db/policy.go b/service/policy/db/policy.go
index 5889f9398f..cb2304500c 100644
--- a/service/policy/db/policy.go
+++ b/service/policy/db/policy.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package db
 
 import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go/common"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/service/logger"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/service/pkg/db"
@@ -22,18 +19,6 @@ type PolicyDBClient struct {
 	*Queries
 }
 
-func (c *PolicyDBClient) BeginTx(ctx context.Context) (pgx.Tx, error) {
-	tx, err := c.Client.Pgx.Begin(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return tx, nil
-}
-
-func (c *PolicyDBClient) WithTx(tx pgx.Tx) *PolicyDBClient {
-	return &PolicyDBClient{c.Client, c.logger, c.Queries.WithTx(tx)}
-}
-
 func NewClient(c *db.Client, logger *logger.Logger) PolicyDBClient {
 	return PolicyDBClient{c, logger, New(c.Pgx)}
 }
diff --git a/service/policy/db/utils.go b/service/policy/db/utils.go
index 657d71eab4..30864bb909 100644
--- a/service/policy/db/utils.go
+++ b/service/policy/db/utils.go
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package db
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go/common"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go/policy"
@@ -61,9 +59,3 @@ func pgtypeBool(b bool) pgtype.Bool {
 		Valid: true,
 	}
 }
-
-// Helper function for swallowing the error in a Pgx Transaction rollback per the documentation
-func TxRollback(ctx context.Context, tx pgx.Tx) {
-	//nolint:errcheck // noop https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jackc/pgx#hdr-Transactions
-	tx.Rollback(ctx)
-}
diff --git a/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go b/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go
index da68a7f6a0..5598f5880c 100644
--- a/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go
+++ b/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go
@@ -93,24 +93,12 @@ func (ns NamespacesService) CreateNamespace(ctx context.Context, req *namespaces
 	}
 	rsp := &namespaces.CreateNamespaceResponse{}
 
-	tx, err := ns.dbClient.BeginTx(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDFailure(ctx, auditParams)
-		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, "begin txn failed", slog.String("name", req.GetName()))
-	}
-	defer policydb.TxRollback(ctx, tx)
-
-	n, err := ns.dbClient.WithTx(tx).CreateNamespace(ctx, req)
+	n, err := ns.dbClient.CreateNamespace(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDFailure(ctx, auditParams)
 		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, db.ErrTextCreationFailed, slog.String("name", req.GetName()))
 	}
 
-	if err = tx.Commit(ctx); err != nil {
-		ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDFailure(ctx, auditParams)
-		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, "commit txn failed", slog.String("name", req.GetName()))
-	}
-
 	auditParams.ObjectID = n.GetId()
 	auditParams.Original = n
 	ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDSuccess(ctx, auditParams)