diff --git a/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb b/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb
index f21181180e7..aef949349cd 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb
@@ -25,12 +25,3 @@ if uncat_id == -1 || !Category.exists?(uncat_id)
   Category.exec_sql "INSERT INTO site_settings(name, data_type, value, created_at, updated_at)
            VALUES ('uncategorized_category_id', 3, #{category_id}, now(), now())"
 end
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'categories',
-  after_migration: 'AddSuppressFromLatestToCategories',
-  columns: ['logo_url', 'background_url', 'suppress_from_homepage'],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous categories columns!'
-  }
-)
diff --git a/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb b/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb
index cbf32466c3d..319bb30797c 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,3 @@ if g = Group.find_by(name: 'trust_level_5', id: 15)
 end
 
 Group.where(name: 'everyone').update_all(visibility_level: Group.visibility_levels[:owners])
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'groups',
-  after_migration: 'SplitAliasLevels',
-  columns:  %w[visible public alias_level],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous visible group column!'
-  }
-)
diff --git a/db/fixtures/009_users.rb b/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
index fb6f6ee5bab..a2ca6f7dda0 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
@@ -33,78 +33,6 @@ UserOption.where(user_id: -1).update_all(
 
 Group.user_trust_level_change!(-1, TrustLevel[4])
 
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'users',
-  after_migration: 'DropEmailFromUsers',
-  columns: %w[
-    email
-    email_always
-    mailing_list_mode
-    email_digests
-    email_direct
-    email_private_messages
-    external_links_in_new_tab
-    enable_quoting
-    dynamic_favicon
-    disable_jump_reply
-    edit_history_public
-    automatically_unpin_topics
-    digest_after_days
-    auto_track_topics_after_msecs
-    new_topic_duration_minutes
-    last_redirected_to_top_at
-    auth_token
-    auth_token_updated_at
-  ],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous users columns!'
-  }
-)
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'users',
-  after_migration: 'RenameBlockedSilence',
-  columns: %w[
-    blocked
-  ],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing user blocked column!'
-  }
-)
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'users',
-  after_migration: 'AddSilencedTillToUsers',
-  columns: %w[
-    silenced
-  ],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing user silenced column!'
-  }
-)
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'users',
-  after_migration: 'AddTrustLevelLocksToUsers',
-  columns: %w[
-    trust_level_locked
-  ],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing user trust_level_locked!'
-  }
-)
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'user_auth_tokens',
-  after_migration: 'RemoveLegacyAuthToken',
-  columns: %w[
-    legacy
-  ],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing user_auth_token legacy column!'
-  }
-)
-
 # User for the smoke tests
 if ENV["SMOKE"] == "1"
   UserEmail.seed do |ue|
diff --git a/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb b/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb
index 84694a5ec0c..0575e1ea29d 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb
@@ -17,12 +17,3 @@ if !Theme.exists?
 
   default_theme.set_default!
 end
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'theme_fields',
-  after_migration: 'AddUploadIdToThemeFields',
-  columns: ['target'],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous theme_fields target column!'
-  }
-)
diff --git a/db/fixtures/999_settings.rb b/db/fixtures/990_settings.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from db/fixtures/999_settings.rb
rename to db/fixtures/990_settings.rb
diff --git a/db/fixtures/999_topics.rb b/db/fixtures/990_topics.rb
similarity index 76%
rename from db/fixtures/999_topics.rb
rename to db/fixtures/990_topics.rb
index 78ee61a92d3..1433f611d83 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/999_topics.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/990_topics.rb
@@ -61,49 +61,3 @@ if seed_welcome_topics
                       skip_validations: true,
                       category: staff ? staff.name : nil)
 end
-
-# run this later, cause we need to make sure new application controller resilience is in place first
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'user_stats',
-  after_migration: 'DropUnreadTrackingColumns',
-  columns: %w{
-    first_topic_unread_at
-  },
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts "Removing superflous user stats columns!"
-    ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql "DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS first_unread_topic_for(int)"
-  }
-)
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'topics',
-  after_migration: 'DropUnreadTrackingColumns',
-  columns: %w{
-    inappropriate_count
-    bookmark_count
-    off_topic_count
-    illegal_count
-    notify_user_count
-    last_unread_at
-  },
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts "Removing superflous topic columns!"
-  }
-)
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'topics',
-  after_migration: 'RemoveAutoCloseColumnsFromTopics',
-  columns: %w{
-    auto_close_at
-    auto_close_user_id
-    auto_close_started_at
-    auto_close_based_on_last_post
-    auto_close_hours
-  },
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts "Removing superflous topic columns!"
-  },
-  delay: 3600
-)
diff --git a/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb b/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb
index 00f440f3798..c36e36bb96d 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,159 @@
 
 require 'migration/table_dropper'
 
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'user_profiles',
+  after_migration: 'DropUserCardBadgeColumns',
+  columns: ['card_image_badge_id'],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts "Removing user_profiles column card_image_badge_id"
+  },
+  delay: 3600
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'categories',
+  after_migration: 'AddSuppressFromLatestToCategories',
+  columns: ['logo_url', 'background_url', 'suppress_from_homepage'],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous categories columns!'
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'groups',
+  after_migration: 'SplitAliasLevels',
+  columns:  %w[visible public alias_level],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous visible group column!'
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'theme_fields',
+  after_migration: 'AddUploadIdToThemeFields',
+  columns: ['target'],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous theme_fields target column!'
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'user_stats',
+  after_migration: 'DropUnreadTrackingColumns',
+  columns: %w{
+    first_topic_unread_at
+  },
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts "Removing superflous user stats columns!"
+    ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql "DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS first_unread_topic_for(int)"
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'topics',
+  after_migration: 'DropUnreadTrackingColumns',
+  columns: %w{
+    inappropriate_count
+    bookmark_count
+    off_topic_count
+    illegal_count
+    notify_user_count
+    last_unread_at
+  },
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts "Removing superflous topic columns!"
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'topics',
+  after_migration: 'RemoveAutoCloseColumnsFromTopics',
+  columns: %w{
+    auto_close_at
+    auto_close_user_id
+    auto_close_started_at
+    auto_close_based_on_last_post
+    auto_close_hours
+  },
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts "Removing superflous topic columns!"
+  },
+  delay: 3600
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'users',
+  after_migration: 'DropEmailFromUsers',
+  columns: %w[
+    email
+    email_always
+    mailing_list_mode
+    email_digests
+    email_direct
+    email_private_messages
+    external_links_in_new_tab
+    enable_quoting
+    dynamic_favicon
+    disable_jump_reply
+    edit_history_public
+    automatically_unpin_topics
+    digest_after_days
+    auto_track_topics_after_msecs
+    new_topic_duration_minutes
+    last_redirected_to_top_at
+    auth_token
+    auth_token_updated_at
+  ],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous users columns!'
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'users',
+  after_migration: 'RenameBlockedSilence',
+  columns: %w[
+    blocked
+  ],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing user blocked column!'
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'users',
+  after_migration: 'AddSilencedTillToUsers',
+  columns: %w[
+    silenced
+  ],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing user silenced column!'
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'users',
+  after_migration: 'AddTrustLevelLocksToUsers',
+  columns: %w[
+    trust_level_locked
+  ],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing user trust_level_locked!'
+  }
+)
+
+Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'user_auth_tokens',
+  after_migration: 'RemoveLegacyAuthToken',
+  columns: %w[
+    legacy
+  ],
+  on_drop: ->() {
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing user_auth_token legacy column!'
+  }
+)
+
 Migration::TableDropper.delayed_rename(
   old_name: 'topic_status_updates',
   new_name: 'topic_timers',
@@ -26,13 +179,3 @@ Migration::TableDropper.delayed_drop(
     STDERR.puts "Dropping versions. It isn't used anymore."
   }
 )
-
-Migration::ColumnDropper.drop(
-  table: 'user_profiles',
-  after_migration: 'DropUserCardBadgeColumns',
-  columns: ['card_image_badge_id'],
-  on_drop: ->() {
-    STDERR.puts "Removing user_profiles column card_image_badge_id"
-  },
-  delay: 3600
-)