diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-db/migration/16/schema.sql b/dbrepo-metadata-db/migration/16/schema.sql
index 68a87f1a67ab770fbb24df68584beeba53d47859..5c96c2337539e099208d1a266db576a027449b10 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-db/migration/16/schema.sql
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-db/migration/16/schema.sql
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ ALTER TABLE mdb_users
     DROP SYSTEM VERSIONING;
 ALTER TABLE mdb_users
     CHANGE COLUMN id id VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL DEFAULT UUID();
+ALTER TABLE mdb_users
+    DROP COLUMN email;
 -- mdb_images
 ALTER TABLE mdb_images
     ADD PRIMARY KEY (id);