diff --git a/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/AccountRootHelpers.h b/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/AccountRootHelpers.h
index 61d0f33bd4..f1981c536e 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/AccountRootHelpers.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/AccountRootHelpers.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ protected:
 
 public:
     AccountRoot(AccountID const& id, ReadView const& view)
-        : ReadOnlySLE(view->read(keylet::account(id)), view), id_(id)
+        : ReadOnlySLE(view.read(keylet::account(id)), view), id_(id)
     {
     }
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class WritableAccountRoot : public AccountRoot, public WritableSLE
 {
 public:
     WritableAccountRoot(AccountID const& id, ApplyView& view)
-        : AccountRoot(id, view), WritableSLE(view->peek(keylet::account(id)), view)
+        : AccountRoot(id, view), WritableSLE(view.peek(keylet::account(id)), view)
     {
     }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pseudoAccountAddress(ReadView const& view, uint256 const& pseudoOwnerKey);
     Pseudo-account designator fields MUST be maintained by including the
     SField::sMD_PseudoAccount flag in the SField definition.
 */
-[[nodiscard]] std::vector<SField&> const&
+[[nodiscard]] std::vector<SField const*> const&
 getPseudoAccountFields();
 
 /** Returns true if and only if sleAcct is a pseudo-account or specific
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ getPseudoAccountFields();
 [[nodiscard]] bool
 isPseudoAccount(
     std::shared_ptr<SLE const> sleAcct,
-    std::set<SField&> const& pseudoFieldFilter = {});
+    std::set<SField const*> const& pseudoFieldFilter = {});
 
 /** Convenience overload that reads the account from the view. */
 [[nodiscard]] inline bool
diff --git a/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/WrappedSLEBase.h b/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/WrappedSLEBase.h
index 87f677ce09..5ab8964ecd 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/WrappedSLEBase.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/ledger/helpers/WrappedSLEBase.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public:
     bool
     canModify() const
     {
-        return applyView_ != nullptr && mutableSle_ != nullptr;
+        return mutableSle_ != nullptr;
     }
 
     /** Returns the apply view for write operations */
@@ -147,28 +147,28 @@ public:
     insert()
     {
         XRPL_ASSERT(canModify(), "xrpl::WritableSLE::insert : can modify");
-        applyView_->insert(mutableSle_);
+        applyView_.insert(mutableSle_);
     }
 
     void
     erase()
     {
         XRPL_ASSERT(canModify(), "xrpl::WritableSLE::erase : can modify");
-        applyView_->erase(mutableSle_);
+        applyView_.erase(mutableSle_);
     }
 
     void
     update()
     {
         XRPL_ASSERT(canModify(), "xrpl::WritableSLE::update : can modify");
-        applyView_->update(mutableSle_);
+        applyView_.update(mutableSle_);
     }
 
 protected:
     WritableSLE() = default;
 
     /** Constructor for read-write context (ApplyView) */
-    explicit WritableSLE(std::shared_ptr<SLE> sle, ApplyView* view)
+    explicit WritableSLE(std::shared_ptr<SLE> sle, ApplyView& view)
         : mutableSle_(std::move(sle)), applyView_(view)
     {
     }