diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/sqlite.rs b/crates/stdlib/src/sqlite.rs
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ mod _sqlite {
        name: PyStrRef,
    }

    struct CallbackData {
        obj: NonNull<PyObject>,
        vm: *const VirtualMachine,
@@ -1023,22 +1029,29 @@ mod _sqlite {
        #[pymethod]
        fn cursor(
            zelf: PyRef<Self>,
-            factory: OptionalArg<ArgCallable>,
            vm: &VirtualMachine,
-        ) -> PyResult<PyRef<Cursor>> {
            zelf.db_lock(vm).map(drop)?;

-            let cursor = if let OptionalArg::Present(factory) = factory {
-                let cursor = factory.invoke((zelf.clone(),), vm)?;
-                let cursor = cursor.downcast::<Cursor>().map_err(|x| {
-                    vm.new_type_error(format!("factory must return a cursor, not {}", x.class()))
-                })?;
-                let _ = unsafe { cursor.row_factory.swap(zelf.row_factory.to_owned()) };
-                cursor
-            } else {
-                let row_factory = zelf.row_factory.to_owned();
-                Cursor::new(zelf, row_factory, vm).into_ref(&vm.ctx)
            };
            Ok(cursor)
        }