diff --git a/packages/db-migrations/index.ts b/packages/db-migrations/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cbdf63eb..000000000
--- a/packages/db-migrations/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import * as DBMigrate from 'db-migrate'
-import * as path from 'path'
-
-export async function migrateDB() {
-  const packagesDir = path.join(process.cwd(), 'packages')
-  const migrationsDir = path.join(packagesDir, 'db-migrations')
-
-  const dbMigrate = DBMigrate.getInstance(true, {
-    cwd: migrationsDir,
-  })
-  await dbMigrate.up()
-}
diff --git a/packages/server/Dockerfile b/packages/server/Dockerfile
index 827853de8..c5e8abe15 100644
--- a/packages/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/server/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:20 as base
+FROM node:20 AS base
 ARG image
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 COPY .yarn .yarn
@@ -6,29 +6,26 @@ COPY .yarnrc.yml .
 COPY scripts/build.ts scripts/build.ts
 COPY tsconfig.json .
 COPY packages/authorization/package.json packages/authorization/package.json
-COPY packages/db-migrations/package.json packages/db-migrations/package.json
 COPY packages/server/package.json packages/server/package.json
+COPY packages/db-migrations/package.json packages/db-migrations/package.json
 COPY package.json .
 COPY lerna.json .
 COPY yarn.lock .
 
-FROM base as build_dist
+FROM base AS build_dist
 RUN yarn --immutable --immutable-cache --silent
 COPY packages/authorization packages/authorization
-COPY packages/db-migrations packages/db-migrations
 COPY packages/server packages/server
 RUN yarn build:${image}
 
-FROM base as build_node_modules
+FROM base AS build_node_modules
 RUN yarn workspaces focus --all --production
 
-FROM node:20-alpine as release
+FROM node:20-alpine AS release
 ARG image
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 COPY --from=build_dist /usr/src/app/dist dist
 COPY --from=build_node_modules /usr/src/app/node_modules node_modules
-COPY packages/db-migrations/database.json packages/db-migrations/database.json
-RUN mkdir packages/db-migrations/migrations
 RUN cp dist/${image}.cjs dist/entrypoint.cjs 2>/dev/null
 ENTRYPOINT ["node", "dist/entrypoint.cjs"]
 # for server and swr queue worker respectively, but EXPOSE is anyway just for documentation
diff --git a/packages/server/src/internals/server/index.ts b/packages/server/src/internals/server/index.ts
index 493321286..2610e461b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/internals/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/internals/server/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { migrateDB } from '@serlo/db-migrations'
 import cors from 'cors'
 import dotenv from 'dotenv'
 import createApp from 'express'
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ export { getGraphQLOptions } from './graphql-middleware'
 export async function start() {
   dotenv.config()
 
-  if (process.env.ENVIRONMENT === 'local') await migrateDB()
-
   initializeSentry({ context: 'server' })
   const timer = createTimer()
   const cache =