diff --git a/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp b/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp
index 4f9405cbfd..70bff7b79f 100644
--- a/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp
+++ b/fdbsyncd/fdbsyncd.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     Logger::linkToDbNative("fdbsyncd");
 
-    DBConnector appDb(APPL_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
+    DBConnector appDb("APPL_DB", 0);
     RedisPipeline pipelineAppDB(&appDb);
-    DBConnector stateDb(STATE_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
-    DBConnector config_db(CONFIG_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
+    DBConnector stateDb("STATE_DB", 0);
+    DBConnector config_db("CONFIG_DB", 0);
 
     FdbSync sync(&pipelineAppDB, &stateDb, &config_db);
 
diff --git a/gearsyncd/gearparserbase.cpp b/gearsyncd/gearparserbase.cpp
index c6cae36253..e86e34e10c 100644
--- a/gearsyncd/gearparserbase.cpp
+++ b/gearsyncd/gearparserbase.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ GearParserBase::init()
 {
     m_writeToDb = false;
     m_rootInit = false;
-    m_applDb = std::unique_ptr<swss::DBConnector>{new swss::DBConnector(APPL_DB, swss::DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0)};
+    m_applDb = std::unique_ptr<swss::DBConnector>{new swss::DBConnector("APPL_DB", 0)};
     m_producerStateTable = std::unique_ptr<swss::ProducerStateTable>{new swss::ProducerStateTable(m_applDb.get(), APP_GEARBOX_TABLE_NAME)};
 }
 
diff --git a/gearsyncd/gearsyncd.cpp b/gearsyncd/gearsyncd.cpp
index f79b079d82..55b6eca0a3 100644
--- a/gearsyncd/gearsyncd.cpp
+++ b/gearsyncd/gearsyncd.cpp
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
     }
 
-    DBConnector cfgDb(CONFIG_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
-    DBConnector applDb(APPL_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
+    DBConnector cfgDb("CONFIG_DB", 0);
+    DBConnector applDb("APPL_DB", 0);
     ProducerStateTable producerStateTable(&applDb, APP_GEARBOX_TABLE_NAME);
 
     WarmStart::initialize("gearsyncd", "swss");
diff --git a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
index ba5336b063..7c3be48d20 100644
--- a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
@@ -9094,7 +9094,7 @@ bool PortsOrch::addSystemPorts()
     vector<string> keys;
     vector<FieldValueTuple> spFv;
 
-    DBConnector appDb(APPL_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0);
+    DBConnector appDb("APPL_DB", 0);
     Table appSystemPortTable(&appDb, APP_SYSTEM_PORT_TABLE_NAME);
 
     //Retrieve system port configurations from APP DB
diff --git a/orchagent/switchorch.cpp b/orchagent/switchorch.cpp
index b8e0090259..64442c96af 100644
--- a/orchagent/switchorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/switchorch.cpp
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ SwitchOrch::SwitchOrch(DBConnector *db, vector<TableConnector>& connectors, Tabl
         Orch(connectors),
         m_switchTable(switchTable.first, switchTable.second),
         m_db(db),
-        m_stateDb(new DBConnector(STATE_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0)),
+        m_stateDb(new DBConnector("STATE_DB", 0)),
         m_asicSensorsTable(new Table(m_stateDb.get(), ASIC_TEMPERATURE_INFO_TABLE_NAME)),
         m_sensorsPollerTimer (new SelectableTimer((timespec { .tv_sec = DEFAULT_ASIC_SENSORS_POLLER_INTERVAL, .tv_nsec = 0 }))),
-        m_stateDbForNotification(new DBConnector(STATE_DB, DBConnector::DEFAULT_UNIXSOCKET, 0)),
+        m_stateDbForNotification(new DBConnector("STATE_DB", 0)),
         m_asicSdkHealthEventTable(new Table(m_stateDbForNotification.get(), STATE_ASIC_SDK_HEALTH_EVENT_TABLE_NAME))
 {
     m_restartCheckNotificationConsumer = new NotificationConsumer(db, "RESTARTCHECK");