diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0149_remove_notification_related_book.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0149_remove_notification_related_book.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c976af6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0149_remove_notification_related_book.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.12 on 2022-04-08 22:20
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0148_alter_user_preferred_language"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="notification",
+            name="related_book",
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/notification.py b/bookwyrm/models/notification.py
index 417bf7591..28c5b803e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/notification.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/notification.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class Notification(BookWyrmModel):
     """you've been tagged, liked, followed, etc"""
 
     user = models.ForeignKey("User", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    related_book = models.ForeignKey("Edition", on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
     related_user = models.ForeignKey(
         "User", on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, related_name="related_user"
     )
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ class Notification(BookWyrmModel):
         # there's probably a better way to do this
         if self.__class__.objects.filter(
             user=self.user,
-            related_book=self.related_book,
             related_user=self.related_user,
             related_group=self.related_group,
             related_status=self.related_status,
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/notifications.py b/bookwyrm/views/notifications.py
index 0a7a62002..e081b07c3 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/notifications.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/notifications.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class Notifications(View):
                 "related_import",
                 "related_report",
                 "related_user",
-                "related_book",
                 "related_list_item",
                 "related_list_item__book",
             )