diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go
index abf827fb261b..432116c721bd 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ type applyFunc func(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result
 type applierV3 interface {
 	// Apply executes the generic portion of application logic for the current applier, but
 	// delegates the actual execution to the applyFunc method.
-	Apply(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, applyFunc applyFunc) *Result
+	Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, applyFunc applyFunc) *Result
 
 	Put(ctx context.Context, p *pb.PutRequest) (*pb.PutResponse, *traceutil.Trace, error)
 	Range(ctx context.Context, r *pb.RangeRequest) (*pb.RangeResponse, *traceutil.Trace, error)
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func newApplierV3Backend(
 		txnModeWriteWithSharedBuffer: txnModeWriteWithSharedBuffer}
 }
 
-func (a *applierV3backend) Apply(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, applyFunc applyFunc) *Result {
-	return applyFunc(ctx, r)
+func (a *applierV3backend) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, applyFunc applyFunc) *Result {
+	return applyFunc(context.TODO(), r)
 }
 
 func (a *applierV3backend) Put(ctx context.Context, p *pb.PutRequest) (resp *pb.PutResponse, trace *traceutil.Trace, err error) {
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply/apply_auth.go b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply_auth.go
index d650c02709e4..974ec283141f 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply/apply_auth.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply_auth.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func newAuthApplierV3(as auth.AuthStore, base applierV3, lessor lease.Lessor) *a
 	return &authApplierV3{applierV3: base, as: as, lessor: lessor}
 }
 
-func (aa *authApplierV3) Apply(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, applyFunc applyFunc) *Result {
+func (aa *authApplierV3) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, applyFunc applyFunc) *Result {
 	aa.mu.Lock()
 	defer aa.mu.Unlock()
 	if r.Header != nil {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (aa *authApplierV3) Apply(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, a
 			return &Result{Err: err}
 		}
 	}
-	ret := aa.applierV3.Apply(ctx, r, applyFunc)
+	ret := aa.applierV3.Apply(r, applyFunc)
 	aa.authInfo.Username = ""
 	aa.authInfo.Revision = 0
 	return ret
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go b/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
index 82b7a6276698..d8e9503669ad 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (a *uberApplier) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result {
 	// then dispatch() unpacks the request to a specific method (like Put),
 	// that gets executed down the hierarchy again:
 	// i.e. CorruptApplier.Put(CappedApplier.Put(...(BackendApplier.Put(...)))).
-	return a.applyV3.Apply(context.TODO(), r, a.dispatch)
+	return a.applyV3.Apply(r, a.dispatch)
 }
 
 // dispatch translates the request (r) into appropriate call (like Put) on