diff --git a/awx/main/apps.py b/awx/main/apps.py
index 3f7704f2e6..b45b3c20f2 100644
--- a/awx/main/apps.py
+++ b/awx/main/apps.py
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
-from django.db.models.signals import pre_migrate
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
-def raise_migration_flag(**kwargs):
-    from awx.main.tasks import set_migration_flag
-    set_migration_flag.delay()
-
-
 class MainConfig(AppConfig):
 
     name = 'awx.main'
     verbose_name = _('Main')
-
-    def ready(self):
-        pre_migrate.connect(raise_migration_flag, sender=self)
diff --git a/awx/main/middleware.py b/awx/main/middleware.py
index 147baf3ef8..b1a03c9a38 100644
--- a/awx/main/middleware.py
+++ b/awx/main/middleware.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import urllib.parse
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
-from django.db import IntegrityError
+from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor
+from django.db import IntegrityError, connection
 from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.apps import apps
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ from django.urls import reverse, resolve
 
 from awx.main.models import ActivityStream
 from awx.main.utils.named_url_graph import generate_graph, GraphNode
-from awx.main.utils.db import migration_in_progress_check_or_relase
 from awx.conf import fields, register
 
 
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ class URLModificationMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
 class MigrationRanCheckMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
 
     def process_request(self, request):
-        if migration_in_progress_check_or_relase():
-            if getattr(resolve(request.path), 'url_name', '') == 'migrations_notran':
-                return
+        executor = MigrationExecutor(connection)
+        plan = executor.migration_plan(executor.loader.graph.leaf_nodes())
+        if bool(plan) and \
+                getattr(resolve(request.path), 'url_name', '') != 'migrations_notran':
             return redirect(reverse("ui:migrations_notran"))
diff --git a/awx/main/scheduler/tasks.py b/awx/main/scheduler/tasks.py
index c695bd08e1..c0d3dd842e 100644
--- a/awx/main/scheduler/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/scheduler/tasks.py
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ import logging
 # AWX
 from awx.main.scheduler import TaskManager
 from awx.main.dispatch.publish import task
-from awx.main.utils.db import migration_in_progress_check_or_relase
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.scheduler')
 
 
 @task()
 def run_task_manager():
-    if migration_in_progress_check_or_relase():
-        logger.debug("Not running task manager because migration is in progress.")
-        return
     logger.debug("Running Tower task manager.")
     TaskManager().schedule()
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 7fabe6308d..9b263f550d 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -263,12 +263,6 @@ def apply_cluster_membership_policies():
         logger.debug('Cluster policy computation finished in {} seconds'.format(time.time() - started_compute))
 
 
-@task(queue='tower_broadcast_all', exchange_type='fanout')
-def set_migration_flag():
-    logger.debug('Received migration-in-progress signal, will serve redirect.')
-    cache.set('migration_in_progress', True)
-
-
 @task(queue='tower_broadcast_all', exchange_type='fanout')
 def handle_setting_changes(setting_keys):
     orig_len = len(setting_keys)
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/db.py b/awx/main/utils/db.py
index 88e08ad55f..f91f2d7b65 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/db.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/db.py
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible by Red Hat
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
-import logging
 from itertools import chain
 
-from django.core.cache import cache
-from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor
-from django.db import connection
-
-
-logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.utils.db')
-
 
 def get_all_field_names(model):
     # Implements compatibility with _meta.get_all_field_names
@@ -22,21 +14,3 @@ def get_all_field_names(model):
         # GenericForeignKey from the results.
         if not (field.many_to_one and field.related_model is None)
     )))
-
-
-def migration_in_progress_check_or_relase():
-    '''A memcache flag is raised (set to True) to inform cluster
-    that a migration is ongoing see main.apps.MainConfig.ready
-    if the flag is True then the flag is removed on this instance if
-        models-db consistency is observed
-    effective value of migration flag is returned
-    '''
-    migration_in_progress = cache.get('migration_in_progress', False)
-    if migration_in_progress:
-        executor = MigrationExecutor(connection)
-        plan = executor.migration_plan(executor.loader.graph.leaf_nodes())
-        if not bool(plan):
-            logger.info('Detected that migration finished, migration flag taken down.')
-            cache.delete('migration_in_progress')
-            migration_in_progress = False
-    return migration_in_progress