diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/delegate_test.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/delegate_test.go
index 3ba7a5e..d43b1e1 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/delegate_test.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/delegate_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	osDBs "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/db/v1/databases"
 	os "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/db/v1/instances"
 	osUsers "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/db/v1/users"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace/db/v1/datastores"
 	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
 	fake "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/client"
 )
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
 var expectedInstance = &Instance{
 	Created:   "2014-02-13T21:47:13",
 	Updated:   "2014-02-13T21:47:13",
-	Datastore: Datastore{Type: "mysql", Version: "5.6"},
+	Datastore: datastores.DatastorePartial{Type: "mysql", Version: "5.6"},
 	Flavor: os.Flavor{
 		ID: "1",
 		Links: []gophercloud.Link{
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests.go
index 66bc872..cfebd5d 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package instances
 
 import (
-	"github.com/racker/perigee"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace/db/v1/backups"
@@ -10,10 +9,9 @@
 func GetDefaultConfig(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id string) ConfigResult {
 	var res ConfigResult
 
-	_, res.Err = perigee.Request("GET", configURL(client, id), perigee.Options{
-		MoreHeaders: client.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
-		Results:     &res.Body,
-		OkCodes:     []int{200},
+	_, res.Err = client.Request("GET", configURL(client, id), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		JSONResponse: &res.Body,
+		OkCodes:      []int{200},
 	})
 
 	return res
@@ -26,10 +24,9 @@
 
 	var res UpdateResult
 
-	_, res.Err = perigee.Request("PUT", resourceURL(client, instanceID), perigee.Options{
-		MoreHeaders: client.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
-		ReqBody:     map[string]map[string]string{"instance": reqBody},
-		OkCodes:     []int{202},
+	_, res.Err = client.Request("PUT", resourceURL(client, instanceID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		JSONBody: map[string]map[string]string{"instance": reqBody},
+		OkCodes:  []int{202},
 	})
 
 	return res
@@ -45,10 +42,9 @@
 func DetachReplica(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, replicaID string) DetachResult {
 	var res DetachResult
 
-	_, res.Err = perigee.Request("PATCH", resourceURL(client, replicaID), perigee.Options{
-		MoreHeaders: client.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
-		ReqBody:     map[string]interface{}{"instance": map[string]string{"replica_of": "", "slave_of": ""}},
-		OkCodes:     []int{202},
+	_, res.Err = client.Request("PATCH", resourceURL(client, replicaID), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		JSONBody: map[string]interface{}{"instance": map[string]string{"replica_of": "", "slave_of": ""}},
+		OkCodes:  []int{202},
 	})
 
 	return res
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests_test.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests_test.go
index 2cafa22..35afe01 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests_test.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	os "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/db/v1/instances"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace/db/v1/backups"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace/db/v1/datastores"
 	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
 	fake "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/client"
 )
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 	ID:        "8367c312-7c40-4a66-aab1-5767478914fc",
 	Volume:    os.Volume{Size: 1},
 	Flavor:    os.Flavor{ID: "9"},
-	Datastore: Datastore{Version: "5.6", Type: "mysql"},
+	Datastore: datastores.DatastorePartial{Version: "5.6", Type: "mysql"},
 	ReplicaOf: &Instance{
 		ID: "6bdca2fc-418e-40bd-a595-62abda61862d",
 	},
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
 				Size:        0.141026,
 				Status:      "COMPLETED",
 				Updated:     "2014-06-18T21:24:39",
-				Datastore:   backups.Datastore{Version: "5.1", Type: "MySQL", VersionID: "20000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"},
+				Datastore:   datastores.DatastorePartial{Version: "5.1", Type: "MySQL", VersionID: "20000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"},
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@
 				IP:        []string{"10.0.0.3"},
 				Volume:    os.Volume{Size: 1},
 				Flavor:    os.Flavor{ID: "9"},
-				Datastore: Datastore{Version: "5.6", Type: "mysql"},
+				Datastore: datastores.DatastorePartial{Version: "5.6", Type: "mysql"},
 				ReplicaOf: &Instance{
 					ID: "8b499b45-52d6-402d-b398-f9d8f279c69a",
 				},
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@
 			Size: 1,
 		},
 		Flavor: os.Flavor{ID: "9"},
-		Datastore: Datastore{
+		Datastore: datastores.DatastorePartial{
 			Version: "5.6",
 			Type:    "mysql",
 		},
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go
index e0c5aa5..2ce302b 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	Updated string //time.Time
 
 	// Indicates how the instance stores data.
-	Datastore datastores.Datastore
+	Datastore datastores.DatastorePartial
 
 	// Indicates the hardware flavor the instance uses.
 	Flavor os.Flavor