diff --git a/evennia/server/migrations/0002_auto_20190128_1820.py b/evennia/server/migrations/0002_auto_20190128_1820.py
index f43bcf0dbd..3b821b06a4 100644
--- a/evennia/server/migrations/0002_auto_20190128_1820.py
+++ b/evennia/server/migrations/0002_auto_20190128_1820.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def migrate_serverconf(apps, schema_editor):
     """
     ServerConfig = apps.get_model("server", "ServerConfig")
     for conf in ServerConfig.objects.all():
-        value = pickle.loads(utils.to_bytes(conf.db_value))
+        value = pickle.loads(to_bytes(conf.db_value))
         conf.db_value2 = value
         conf.save()
 
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='db_value2',
             field=evennia.utils.picklefield.PickledObjectField(help_text='The data returned when the config value is accessed. Must be written as a Python literal if editing through the admin interface. Attribute values which are not Python literals cannot be edited through the admin interface.', null=True, verbose_name='value'),
         ),
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name='serverconfig',
-            name='db_value',
-            field=models.BinaryField(blank=True),
-        ),
         # migrate data
         migrations.RunPython(migrate_serverconf, migrations.RunPython.noop),