diff --git a/store/sqlstore/upgrade.go b/store/sqlstore/upgrade.go
index ed283cf85d..b2e2ca6465 100644
--- a/store/sqlstore/upgrade.go
+++ b/store/sqlstore/upgrade.go
@@ -1030,8 +1030,6 @@ func upgradeDatabaseToVersion535(sqlStore *SqlStore) {
 	}
 	sqlStore.CreateUniqueCompositeIndexIfNotExists(RemoteClusterSiteURLUniqueIndex, "RemoteClusters", uniquenessColumns)
 
-	sqlStore.CreateColumnIfNotExistsNoDefault("Channels", "TotalMsgCountRoot", "bigint", "bigint")
-
 	// note: setting default 0 on pre-5.0 tables causes test-db-migration script to fail, so this column will be added to ignore list
 	sqlStore.CreateColumnIfNotExists("ChannelMembers", "MentionCountRoot", "bigint", "bigint", "0")
 	sqlStore.AlterColumnDefaultIfExists("ChannelMembers", "MentionCountRoot", model.NewString("0"), model.NewString("0"))