diff --git a/server/etcdserver/api/membership/cluster.go b/server/etcdserver/api/membership/cluster.go
index ed035856f9dc..87f58434e4f6 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/api/membership/cluster.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/api/membership/cluster.go
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ type ConfigChangeContext struct {
 type ShouldApplyV3 bool
 
 const (
-	ApplyBoth        = ShouldApplyV3(true)
-	ApplyV2storeOnly = ShouldApplyV3(false)
+	ApplyV3Store = ShouldApplyV3(true)
+	DontApply    = ShouldApplyV3(false)
 )
 
 // NewClusterFromURLsMap creates a new raft cluster using provided urls map. Currently, it does not support creating
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func (c *RaftCluster) Recover(onSet func(*zap.Logger, *semver.Version)) {
 // ensures that it is still valid.
 func (c *RaftCluster) ValidateConfigurationChange(cc raftpb.ConfChange) error {
 	// TODO: this must be switched to backend as well.
-	membersMap, removedMap := membersFromStore(c.lg, c.v2store)
+	membersMap, removedMap := c.be.MustReadMembersFromBackend()
 	id := types.ID(cc.NodeID)
 	if removedMap[id] {
 		return ErrIDRemoved
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go b/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
index d3184e6963c6..c7db2581d18d 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/apply/uber_applier.go
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ func (a *uberApplier) dispatch(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, s
 		}
 	}(time.Now())
 
+	if !shouldApplyV3 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	switch {
 	case r.ClusterVersionSet != nil: // Implemented in 3.5.x
 		op = "ClusterVersionSet"
@@ -146,10 +150,6 @@ func (a *uberApplier) dispatch(ctx context.Context, r *pb.InternalRaftRequest, s
 		return ar
 	}
 
-	if !shouldApplyV3 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	switch {
 	case r.Range != nil:
 		op = "Range"
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/bootstrap.go b/server/etcdserver/bootstrap.go
index 466aa549ecd1..81571bb4eb31 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/bootstrap.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/bootstrap.go
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ func (c *bootstrapedCluster) Finalize(cfg config.ServerConfig, s *bootstrappedSt
 	if !s.wal.haveWAL {
 		c.cl.SetID(c.nodeID, c.cl.ID())
 	}
-	c.cl.SetStore(s.st)
 	c.cl.SetBackend(schema.NewMembershipBackend(cfg.Logger, s.backend.be))
 	if s.wal.haveWAL {
 		c.cl.Recover(api.UpdateCapability)
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/server.go b/server/etcdserver/server.go
index 7086067c4e01..44d5b749a808 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -1787,12 +1787,12 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) apply(
 
 			// We need to toApply all WAL entries on top of v2store
 			// and only 'unapplied' (e.Index>backend.ConsistentIndex) on the backend.
-			shouldApplyV3 := membership.ApplyV2storeOnly
+			shouldApplyV3 := membership.DontApply
 
 			// set the consistent index of current executing entry
 			if e.Index > s.consistIndex.ConsistentIndex() {
 				s.consistIndex.SetConsistentApplyingIndex(e.Index, e.Term)
-				shouldApplyV3 = membership.ApplyBoth
+				shouldApplyV3 = membership.ApplyV3Store
 			}
 
 			var cc raftpb.ConfChange
@@ -1817,13 +1817,13 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) apply(
 
 // applyEntryNormal applies an EntryNormal type raftpb request to the EtcdServer
 func (s *EtcdServer) applyEntryNormal(e *raftpb.Entry) {
-	shouldApplyV3 := membership.ApplyV2storeOnly
+	shouldApplyV3 := membership.DontApply
 	var ar *apply.Result
 	index := s.consistIndex.ConsistentIndex()
 	if e.Index > index {
 		// set the consistent index of current executing entry
 		s.consistIndex.SetConsistentApplyingIndex(e.Index, e.Term)
-		shouldApplyV3 = membership.ApplyBoth
+		shouldApplyV3 = membership.ApplyV3Store
 		defer func() {
 			// The txPostLockInsideApplyHook will not get called in some cases,
 			// in which we should move the consistent index forward directly.
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) applyConfChange(cc raftpb.ConfChange, confState *raftpb.Con
 
 		// The txPostLock callback will not get called in this case,
 		// so we should set the consistent index directly.
-		if s.consistIndex != nil && membership.ApplyBoth == shouldApplyV3 {
+		if s.consistIndex != nil && membership.ApplyV3Store == shouldApplyV3 {
 			applyingIndex, applyingTerm := s.consistIndex.ConsistentApplyingIndex()
 			s.consistIndex.SetConsistentIndex(applyingIndex, applyingTerm)
 		}
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/server_test.go b/server/etcdserver/server_test.go
index 58dd2f8365d2..20dd3c2b4ce3 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/server_test.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/server_test.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestV2SetClusterVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	be, _ := betesting.NewDefaultTmpBackend(t)
 	defer betesting.Close(t, be)
 	cl := newTestClusterWithBackend(t, []*membership.Member{}, be)
-	cl.SetVersion(semver.New("3.4.0"), api.UpdateCapability, membership.ApplyBoth)
+	cl.SetVersion(semver.New("3.4.0"), api.UpdateCapability, membership.ApplyV3Store)
 	srv := &EtcdServer{
 		lgMu:         new(sync.RWMutex),
 		lg:           zaptest.NewLogger(t),