diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 5df9211..078b770 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@ mkDerivation {
 		export EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=""
 		export SECRET_KEY=""
 
-		rm -r bookwyrm/migrations/*
-		touch bookwyrm/migrations/__init__.py
-
-		${python311}/bin/python manage.py makemigrations
-
 		${python311}/bin/python manage.py compile_themes
 		${python311}/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --no-input