diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index dc7fdf2ecfd..d0e674f5aba 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,3 @@
 require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
 
 Discourse::Application.load_tasks
-
-# this prevents crashes when migrating a database in production in certain
-# PostgreSQL configuations when trying to create structure.sql
-Rake::Task["db:structure:dump"].clear if Rails.env.production?
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 2f0b0d5d277..a523888a8d5 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ Discourse::Application.configure do
     config.developer_emails = emails.split(",").map(&:downcase).map(&:strip)
   end
 
+  config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration = false
 end