diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index a04c4737e..ca419e045 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from frigate.const import (
     CACHE_DIR,
     CLIPS_DIR,
     CONFIG_DIR,
-    DEFAULT_DB_PATH,
     EXPORT_DIR,
     MODEL_CACHE_DIR,
     RECORD_DIR,
@@ -151,13 +150,6 @@ class FrigateApp:
             except PermissionError:
                 logger.error("Unable to write to /config to save DB state")
 
-        # Migrate DB location
-        old_db_path = DEFAULT_DB_PATH
-        if not os.path.isfile(self.config.database.path) and os.path.isfile(
-            old_db_path
-        ):
-            os.rename(old_db_path, self.config.database.path)
-
         # Migrate DB schema
         migrate_db = SqliteExtDatabase(self.config.database.path)