diff --git a/db/init/001-init.sql b/db/init/001-init.sql
index 13a97d4a..16d3c38d 100644
--- a/db/init/001-init.sql
+++ b/db/init/001-init.sql
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS app_bootstrap_check (
-  id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
-  message VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
-  created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
-);
-
-INSERT INTO app_bootstrap_check (message)
-VALUES ('recipe-db initialized');
+-- Intentionally left blank.
+-- Prisma migrations must initialize the schema from an empty database.