diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts
index 56fb8ddc3e..895afb4af4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('DatabaseManager', () => {
       expect(getConfigSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('backend.database');
     });
 
-    it('runMigrate default value', () => {
+    it('runMigrations defaults to true', () => {
       const config = new ConfigReader(backendConfig);
       const database = DatabaseManager.fromConfig(config);
       const client = database.forPlugin('test');
@@ -66,17 +66,7 @@ describe('DatabaseManager', () => {
       expect(client.runMigrations).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('runMigrate as a function', () => {
-      const config = new ConfigReader(backendConfig);
-      const runMigrate = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false);
-      const database = DatabaseManager.fromConfig(config, runMigrate);
-      const client = database.forPlugin('test');
-
-      expect(runMigrate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(client.runMigrations).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('runMigrate as a boolean', () => {
+    it('runMigrations can be set', () => {
       const config = new ConfigReader(backendConfig);
       const database = DatabaseManager.fromConfig(config, false);
       const client = database.forPlugin('test');
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.ts
index 495dcfd303..d5dbd90b79 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ export class DatabaseManager {
    * @param config - The loaded application configuration.
    * @param runMigrations - Controls whether or not to perform database migrations.
    */
-  static fromConfig(
-    config: Config,
-    runMigrations?: boolean | (() => boolean),
-  ): DatabaseManager {
+  static fromConfig(config: Config, runMigrations?: boolean): DatabaseManager {
     const databaseConfig = config.getConfig('backend.database');
 
     return new DatabaseManager(
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ export class DatabaseManager {
   private constructor(
     private readonly config: Config,
     private readonly prefix: string = 'backstage_plugin_',
-    private readonly runMigrations: boolean | (() => boolean) = true,
+    private readonly runMigrations: boolean = true,
   ) {}
 
   /**
@@ -82,10 +79,7 @@ export class DatabaseManager {
       getClient(): Promise<Knex> {
         return _this.getDatabase(pluginId);
       },
-      runMigrations:
-        typeof _this.runMigrations === 'function'
-          ? _this.runMigrations()
-          : _this.runMigrations,
+      runMigrations: _this.runMigrations,
     };
   }