diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index 5992d46..aaea86b 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['support_email'] = "support@example.com"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['uploads_directory'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/uploads"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['rate_limit_requests_per_period'] = 10
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['rate_limit_period'] = 60
-default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['automatic_migrations'] = true
 
 
 ####
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb
index 36816e1..8fe0071 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ end
 
 execute "migrate database" do
   command "/opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rake db:migrate"
-  only_if node['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['automatic_migrations']
 end
--
libgit2 0.21.2