diff --git a/basis/db/db.factor b/basis/db/db.factor
index 3ee0fe3d09..b7bd8218a2 100644
--- a/basis/db/db.factor
+++ b/basis/db/db.factor
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ GENERIC: more-rows? ( result-set -- ? )
 : new-result-set ( query handle class -- result-set )
     new
         swap >>handle
-        >r [ sql>> ] [ in-params>> ] [ out-params>> ] tri r>
+        [ [ sql>> ] [ in-params>> ] [ out-params>> ] tri ] dip
         swap >>out-params
         swap >>in-params
         swap >>sql ;
diff --git a/basis/db/postgresql/lib/lib.factor b/basis/db/postgresql/lib/lib.factor
index 63284b28a3..3a5942fce3 100644
--- a/basis/db/postgresql/lib/lib.factor
+++ b/basis/db/postgresql/lib/lib.factor
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ M: postgresql-result-null summary ( obj -- str )
 : param-values ( statement -- seq seq2 )
     [ bind-params>> ] [ in-params>> ] bi
     [
-        >r value>> r> type>> {
+        [ value>> ] [ type>> ] bi* {
             { FACTOR-BLOB [
                 dup [ object>bytes malloc-byte-array/length ] [ 0 ] if
             ] }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ M: postgresql-result-null summary ( obj -- str )
 
 : do-postgresql-bound-statement ( statement -- res )
     [
-        >r db get handle>> r>
+        [ db get handle>> ] dip
         {
             [ sql>> ]
             [ bind-params>> length ]
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ M: postgresql-result-null summary ( obj -- str )
 
 : pq-get-string ( handle row column -- obj )
     3dup PQgetvalue utf8 alien>string
-    dup empty? [ >r pq-get-is-null f r> ? ] [ 3nip ] if ;
+    dup empty? [ [ pq-get-is-null f ] dip ? ] [ 3nip ] if ;
 
 : pq-get-number ( handle row column -- obj )
     pq-get-string dup [ string>number ] when ;
diff --git a/basis/db/queries/queries.factor b/basis/db/queries/queries.factor
index 49de6ee5fc..6b1067baf0 100644
--- a/basis/db/queries/queries.factor
+++ b/basis/db/queries/queries.factor
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ M: random-id-generator eval-generator ( singleton -- obj )
         3drop
     ] [
         pick column-name>> 0%
-        >r first2 r> interval-comparison 0%
+        [ first2 ] dip interval-comparison 0%
         bind#
     ] if ;
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ M: db <count-statement> ( query -- statement )
 
 : create-index ( index-name table-name columns -- )
     [
-        >r >r "create index " % % r> " on " % % r> "(" %
+        [ [ "create index " % % ] dip " on " % % ] 2dip "(" %
         "," join % ")" %
     ] "" make sql-command ;