diff --git a/lib/Conch/Plugin/Database.pm b/lib/Conch/Plugin/Database.pm
index 23c01af31..432a49a6c 100644
--- a/lib/Conch/Plugin/Database.pm
+++ b/lib/Conch/Plugin/Database.pm
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ See L</schema>; can be used interchangeably with it.
 =head2 ro_schema
 
 Provides (guaranteed) read-only access to the database via L<DBIx::Class>.  Returns a
-L<Conch::DB> object that persists for the lifetime of the application.
+L<Conch::DB> object that persists for the lifetime of the request (B<not the application>).
 
 Note that because of the use of C<< AutoCommit => 0 >>, database errors must be explicitly
 cleared with C<< ->txn_rollback >>; see L<DBD::Pg/"ReadOnly-(boolean)">.
 
 =cut
 
-    my $_ro_schema;
-    $app->helper(ro_schema => sub {
+    $app->helper(ro_schema => sub ($c) {
+        my $_ro_schema = $c->stash('ro_schema');
         if ($_ro_schema) {
             # clear the transaction of any errors, which accumulate because we have
             # AutoCommit => 0 for this connection.  Otherwise, we will get:
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ cleared with C<< ->txn_rollback >>; see L<DBD::Pg/"ReadOnly-(boolean)">.
                 AutoCommit  => 0,
             },
         );
+        $c->stash('ro_schema', $_ro_schema);
+        return $_ro_schema;
     });
 
 =head2 db_<table>s, db_ro_<table>s
diff --git a/t/git-docs.t b/t/git-docs.t
deleted file mode 100644
index 90b1588f4..000000000
--- a/t/git-docs.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use Test::More;
-plan skip_all => 'no .git: cannot check dirty files' if not -d '.git';
-
-system(qw(make ghdocs));
-
-chomp(my $dirty = `git status --untracked --porcelain docs`);
-is(split("\n", $dirty), 0, 'no files changed after running "make ghdocs"')
-    or diag 'files need updating:',"\n",$dirty;
-
-done_testing;