diff --git a/core/server/data/migrations/versions/2.13/1-remove-empty-strings.js b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/2.13/1-remove-empty-strings.js
index eddaa2d2bc..91088c0b7a 100644
--- a/core/server/data/migrations/versions/2.13/1-remove-empty-strings.js
+++ b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/2.13/1-remove-empty-strings.js
@@ -1,81 +1,5 @@
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
-const common = require('../../../../lib/common');
-const schema = require('../../../schema');
 
-/*
- * [{
- *   tableName: 'posts',
- *   columns: ['custom_excerpt', 'description', 'etc...']
- * }]
- * */
-const tablesToUpdate = Object.keys(schema.tables).reduce((tablesToUpdate, tableName) => {
-    const table = schema.tables[tableName];
-    const columns = Object.keys(table).filter((columnName) => {
-        const column = table[columnName];
-        return column.nullable && ['string', 'text'].includes(column.type);
-    });
-    if (!columns.length) {
-        return tablesToUpdate;
-    }
-    return tablesToUpdate.concat({
-        tableName,
-        columns
-    });
-}, []);
+module.exports.up = () => Promise.resolve();
 
-const createReplace = (connection, from, to) => (tableName, columnName) => {
-    return connection.schema.hasTable(tableName)
-        .then((tableExists) => {
-            if (!tableExists) {
-                common.logging.warn(
-                    `Table ${tableName} does not exist`
-                );
-                return;
-            }
-            return connection.schema.hasColumn(tableName, columnName)
-                .then((columnExists) => {
-                    if (!columnExists) {
-                        common.logging.warn(
-                            `Table '${tableName}' does not have column '${columnName}'`
-                        );
-                        return;
-                    }
-
-                    common.logging.info(
-                        `Updating ${tableName}, setting '${from}' in ${columnName} to '${to}'`
-                    );
-
-                    return connection(tableName)
-                        .where(columnName, from)
-                        .update(columnName, to);
-                });
-        });
-};
-
-module.exports.up = ({transacting}) => {
-    const replaceEmptyStringWithNull = createReplace(transacting, '', null);
-
-    return Promise.all(
-        tablesToUpdate.map(({tableName, columns}) => Promise.all(
-            columns.map(
-                columnName => replaceEmptyStringWithNull(tableName, columnName)
-            )
-        ))
-    );
-};
-
-module.exports.down = ({connection}) => {
-    const replaceNullWithEmptyString = createReplace(connection, null, '');
-
-    return Promise.all(
-        tablesToUpdate.map(({tableName, columns}) => Promise.all(
-            columns.map(
-                columnName => replaceNullWithEmptyString(tableName, columnName)
-            )
-        ))
-    );
-};
-
-module.exports.config = {
-    transaction: true
-};
+module.exports.down = () => Promise.resolve();