diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0190_book_search_updates.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0190_book_search_updates.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52d80fcb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0190_book_search_updates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.20 on 2023-11-24 17:11
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0188_theme_loads"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveIndex(
+            model_name="author",
+            name="bookwyrm_au_search__b050a8_gin",
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/author.py b/bookwyrm/models/author.py
index 981e3c0cc..b4488d46a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/author.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/author.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import re
 from typing import Tuple, Any
 
-from django.contrib.postgres.indexes import GinIndex
 from django.db import models
 
 from bookwyrm import activitypub
@@ -68,8 +67,3 @@ class Author(BookDataModel):
         return f"https://{DOMAIN}/author/{self.id}"
 
     activity_serializer = activitypub.Author
-
-    class Meta:
-        """sets up postgres GIN index field"""
-
-        indexes = (GinIndex(fields=["search_vector"]),)