diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
index bfd2867b5f..95c1a28e13 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@
   - name: Stop the notification backend
     service: name="fedmsg-hub" state=stopped
 
-  - name: Upgrade the database
-    command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/fmn.lib/alembic.ini upgrade +1
-    args:
-      chdir: /usr/share/fmn.lib/
-  - name: Upgrade the database
-    command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/fmn.lib/alembic.ini upgrade +1
-    args:
-      chdir: /usr/share/fmn.lib/
   - name: Upgrade the database
     command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/fmn.lib/alembic.ini upgrade +1
     args: