diff --git a/collects/db/private/odbc/connection.rkt b/collects/db/private/odbc/connection.rkt
index 30414008f9..5f23a1c5c2 100644
--- a/collects/db/private/odbc/connection.rkt
+++ b/collects/db/private/odbc/connection.rkt
@@ -656,7 +656,14 @@
                         #:on-notice add-notice!)))
 
     (super-new)
-    (register-finalizer this (lambda (obj) (send obj disconnect)))))
+    (register-finalizer this
+                        (lambda (obj)
+                          ;; Keep a reference to the class to keep all FFI callout objects
+                          ;; (eg, SQLDisconnect) used by its methods from being finalized.
+                          (let ([dont-gc this%])
+                            (send obj disconnect)
+                            ;; Dummy result to prevent reference from being optimized away
+                            dont-gc)))))
 
 ;; ----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/collects/db/private/sqlite3/connection.rkt b/collects/db/private/sqlite3/connection.rkt
index 5a716249cc..a4d04423fb 100644
--- a/collects/db/private/sqlite3/connection.rkt
+++ b/collects/db/private/sqlite3/connection.rkt
@@ -316,7 +316,14 @@
     ;; ----
 
     (super-new)
-    (register-finalizer this (lambda (obj) (send obj disconnect)))))
+    (register-finalizer this
+                        (lambda (obj)
+                          ;; Keep a reference to the class to keep all FFI callout objects
+                          ;; (eg, sqlite3_close) used by its methods from being finalized.
+                          (let ([dont-gc this%])
+                            (send obj disconnect)
+                            ;; Dummy result to prevent reference from being optimized away
+                            dont-gc)))))
 
 ;; ----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/collects/tests/db/programs/sl-gc-crash.rkt b/collects/tests/db/programs/sl-gc-crash.rkt
deleted file mode 100644
index 18db92e8a6..0000000000
--- a/collects/tests/db/programs/sl-gc-crash.rkt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-#lang racket
-(require ffi/unsafe/define
-         ffi/unsafe)
-
-#|
-Open this program in DrRacket.
-Click Run and then eval (collect-garbage) in the interaction area.
-Repeat a few times, and eventually DrRacket will crash with a
-segmentation fault.
-
-No crash in 5.1, 5.1.1
-Crashes in 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3, 5.3.1.1
-
-git bisect says introduced here: 2ada6d0e89a763f3b8523a87e580b1ffb25430eb
-|#
-
-;; NOTE: make sure file exists by running "touch $filename"
-(define filename #"/tmp/my.db")
-
-;; set NEXT-STMT? for another variation of the test, which does actually
-;; seem to invoke the proper function, unlike sqlite3_close (???)
-(define NEXT-STMT? #f)
-
-(define-ffi-definer define-sqlite
-  (ffi-lib "libsqlite3" '("0" #f)))
-
-(define-cpointer-type _sqlite3_database)
-(define-cpointer-type _sqlite3_statement)
-
-(define SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE #x00000002)
-
-(define-sqlite sqlite3_open_v2
-  (_fun (filename flags) ::
-        (filename : _bytes)
-        (db : (_ptr o _sqlite3_database))
-        (flags : _int)
-        (vfs : _pointer = #f)
-        -> (result : _int)
-        -> (values db result)))
-
-(define-sqlite sqlite3_close
-  (_fun _sqlite3_database
-        -> _int))
-
-(define-sqlite sqlite3_next_stmt
-  (_fun _sqlite3_database _sqlite3_statement/null -> _sqlite3_statement/null))
-
-(define c%
-  (class object%
-    (super-new)
-
-    (define-values (db status)
-      (sqlite3_open_v2 filename SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE))
-
-    (unless (zero? status)
-      (eprintf "open got ~s\n" status))
-
-    (define/public (finalize!)
-      (when NEXT-STMT? (sqlite3_next_stmt db #f))
-      (sqlite3_close db))
-    ))
-
-(define p (new c%))
-(register-finalizer p (lambda (v) (send v finalize!)))