diff --git a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
index 9fdd4d210..a375b7bf4 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ class DatabaseMigration {
     const connection = await DB.pool.getConnection();
     try {
       await this.$executeQuery(connection, 'START TRANSACTION;');
-      await this.$executeQuery(connection, 'SET autocommit = 0;');
       for (const query of transactionQueries) {
         await this.$executeQuery(connection, query);
       }