diff --git a/src/lib/charm/openstack/placement.py b/src/lib/charm/openstack/placement.py
index 7261efc..d07c0bc 100644
--- a/src/lib/charm/openstack/placement.py
+++ b/src/lib/charm/openstack/placement.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import charms_openstack.ip as os_ip
 
 PLACEMENT_CONF = '/etc/placement/placement.conf'
 PLACEMENT_WSGI_CONF = '/etc/apache2/sites-available/placement-api.conf'
-PLACEMENT_MIGRATE_DB_CONF = '/etc/placement/migrate-db.rc'
 
 charms_openstack.charm.use_defaults('charm.default-select-release')
 
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ class PlacementCharm(charms_openstack.charm.HAOpenStackCharm):
     restart_map = {
         PLACEMENT_CONF: services,
         PLACEMENT_WSGI_CONF: services,
-        PLACEMENT_MIGRATE_DB_CONF: services,
     }
 
     ha_resources = ['vips', 'haproxy', 'dnsha']
@@ -71,11 +69,6 @@ class PlacementCharm(charms_openstack.charm.HAOpenStackCharm):
         ]),
     }
 
-    mysql_migrate_db = '/usr/share/placement/mysql-migrate-db.sh'
-
-    migrate_cmd = [mysql_migrate_db, '--migrate', '--skip-locks',
-                   PLACEMENT_MIGRATE_DB_CONF]
-
     sync_cmd = ['placement-manage', 'db', 'sync']
 
     def get_database_setup(self):
@@ -87,21 +80,6 @@ class PlacementCharm(charms_openstack.charm.HAOpenStackCharm):
                  username='nova',
                  prefix='novaapi')]
 
-    def db_migrate(self):
-        if not self.db_sync_done() and hookenv.is_leader():
-            try:
-                subprocess.check_call(self.migrate_cmd)
-            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
-                hookenv.log('{} returncode={} output={}'.format(
-                    self.migrate_cmd, error.returncode, error.output),
-                    level=hookenv.DEBUG)
-                if error.returncode == 4 or error.returncode == 3:
-                    # 4: No data present in nova database (nothing to migrate)
-                    # 3: Migration has already completed
-                    return False
-                raise
-        return True
-
     def db_sync(self):
         if not self.db_sync_done() and hookenv.is_leader():
             subprocess.check_call(self.sync_cmd)
diff --git a/src/reactive/placement_handlers.py b/src/reactive/placement_handlers.py
index 682602f..d8339cb 100644
--- a/src/reactive/placement_handlers.py
+++ b/src/reactive/placement_handlers.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def init_db():
         disabled = placement.get_nova_placement_disabled()
         if disabled:
             placement_charm.disable_services()
-            placement_charm.db_migrate()
             placement_charm.db_sync()
             placement_charm.enable_services()
             placement_charm.assess_status()
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_placement.py b/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_placement.py
index 987881d..b2b6c15 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_placement.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_placement.py
@@ -38,20 +38,6 @@ class TestPlacementCharm(Helper):
                                    'username': 'nova',
                                    'prefix': 'novaapi'}])
 
-    @patch.object(placement.PlacementCharm, 'db_sync_done')
-    @patch.object(placement.subprocess, 'check_call')
-    @patch.object(placement.hookenv, 'is_leader')
-    def test_db_migrate(self, is_leader, check_call, db_sync_done):
-        c = placement.PlacementCharm()
-        is_leader.return_value = True
-        db_sync_done.return_value = False
-        c.db_migrate()
-        check_call.assert_called_with(
-            ['/usr/share/placement/mysql-migrate-db.sh',
-             '--migrate',
-             '--skip-locks',
-             '/etc/placement/migrate-db.rc'])
-
     @patch.object(placement.PlacementCharm, 'db_sync_done')
     @patch.object(placement.subprocess, 'check_call')
     @patch.object(placement.hookenv, 'is_leader')
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_placement_handlers.py b/unit_tests/test_placement_handlers.py
index 8771739..d76830c 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_placement_handlers.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_placement_handlers.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class TestPlacementHandlers(test_utils.PatchHelper):
         handlers.init_db()
         placement.get_nova_placement_disabled.assert_called_once_with()
         self.placement_charm.disable_services.assert_called_once_with()
-        self.placement_charm.db_migrate.assert_called_once_with()
         self.placement_charm.db_sync.assert_called_once_with()
         self.placement_charm.enable_services.assert_called_once_with()
         self.placement_charm.assess_status.assert_called_once_with()