diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go
index 432116c721b..60a2f8f4faa 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type Result struct {
 	Trace *traceutil.Trace
 }
 
-type applyFunc func(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result
+type applyFunc func(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result
 
 // applierV3 is the interface for processing V3 raft messages
 type applierV3 interface {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func newApplierV3Backend(
 }
 
 func (a *applierV3backend) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, applyFunc applyFunc) *Result {
-	return applyFunc(context.TODO(), r)
+	return applyFunc(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_test.go b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply_auth_test.go
index 707c1fa9f93..51f75520380 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply/apply_auth_test.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply/apply_auth_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func dummyIndexWaiter(_ uint64) <-chan struct{} {
 	return ch
 }
 
-func dummyApplyFunc(_ context.Context, _ *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result {
+func dummyApplyFunc(_ *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result {
 	return &Result{}
 }
 
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go b/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
index d8e9503669a..15fc7f59c7f 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ func (a *uberApplier) Apply(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result {
 
 // dispatch translates the request (r) into appropriate call (like Put) on
 // the underlying applyV3 object.
-func (a *uberApplier) dispatch(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result {
+func (a *uberApplier) dispatch(r *pb.InternalRaftRequest) *Result {
+	ctx := context.TODO()
 	op := "unknown"
 	ar := &Result{}
 	defer func(start time.Time) {