diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d84a30a3..8e21c2f2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ COPY --chown=5000:5000 --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-serv
 # keep binaries immutable
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-server/ipld-eth-server ipld-eth-server
 COPY --from=builder /goose goose
-COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-server/db/migrations migrations/vulcanizedb
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-server/environments environments
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 889a207f..10620660 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ services:
       DATABASE_USER: "vdbm"
       DATABASE_PASSWORD: "password"
       ETH_CHAIN_ID: 4
-      RUN_DB_MIGRATION: "no"
     volumes:
     - type: bind
       source: ./chain.json
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 0efef13f..3e0e2372 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Runs the db migrations and starts the watcher services
-
-# Construct the connection string for postgres
-VDB_PG_CONNECT=postgresql://$DATABASE_USER:$DATABASE_PASSWORD@$DATABASE_HOSTNAME:$DATABASE_PORT/$DATABASE_NAME?sslmode=disable
-
-
-if [ "$RUN_DB_MIGRATION" != "no" ]
-then
-    # Run the DB migrations
-    echo "Connecting with: $VDB_PG_CONNECT"
-    echo "Running database migrations"
-    ./goose -dir migrations/vulcanizedb postgres "$VDB_PG_CONNECT" up
-    rv=$?
-
-    if [ $rv != 0 ]; then
-      echo "Could not run migrations. Are the database details correct?"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-fi
 
 echo "Beginning the ipld-eth-server process"