diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3109b4bf..8710b946 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ CREATE ROLE fedireads WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'fedireads';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE fedireads TO fedireads;
 ```
 
-Initialize the database (this will also delete and re-create the migrations, which is not
-a good idea for the long term but it's what I'm doing right now).
+Initialize the database (or, more specifically, delete the existing database, run migrations, and start fresh):
 ``` bash
 ./rebuilddb.sh
 ```
diff --git a/rebuilddb.sh b/rebuilddb.sh
index 446edff0..fd82950e 100755
--- a/rebuilddb.sh
+++ b/rebuilddb.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-rm fedireads/migrations/0*
 set -e
 dropdb fedireads
 createdb fedireads