diff --git a/src/db/add_package.rs b/src/db/add_package.rs
index 985dcf265..912cbb0a8 100644
--- a/src/db/add_package.rs
+++ b/src/db/add_package.rs
@@ -120,14 +120,6 @@ pub(crate) fn add_package_into_database(
     add_owners_into_database(&conn, &registry_data.owners, crate_id)?;
     add_compression_into_database(&conn, compression_algorithms.into_iter(), release_id)?;
 
-    // Update the crates table with the new release
-    conn.execute(
-        "UPDATE crates
-         SET latest_version_id = $2
-         WHERE id = $1",
-        &[&crate_id, &release_id],
-    )?;
-
     Ok(release_id)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/db/migrate.rs b/src/db/migrate.rs
index 2937bb29f..e262e9af7 100644
--- a/src/db/migrate.rs
+++ b/src/db/migrate.rs
@@ -364,6 +364,17 @@ pub fn migrate(version: Option<Version>, conn: &Connection) -> CratesfyiResult<(
             "DROP TABLE compression_rels;
              ALTER TABLE files DROP COLUMN compression;"
         ),
+        migration!(
+            context,
+            // version
+            15,
+            // description
+            "Remove unused latest_version_id column",
+            // upgrade query
+            "ALTER TABLE crates DROP COLUMN latest_version_id;",
+            // downgrade query
+            "ALTER TABLE crates ADD COLUMN latest_version_id INT DEFAULT 0;",
+        )
     ];
 
     for migration in migrations {