diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41310bf678..e3dd2ecad8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ migrate:
 	if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
 		. $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/activate; \
 	fi; \
-	$(MANAGEMENT_COMMAND) migrate --noinput --fake-initial
+	$(MANAGEMENT_COMMAND) migrate --noinput
 
 # Run after making changes to the models to create a new migration.
 dbchange:
diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx_task.sh b/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx_task.sh
index d3d7c9cc9c..7d5583c988 100755
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx_task.sh
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx_task.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c loca
 ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$RABBITMQ_HOST port=5672" all
 ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m postgresql_db --become-user $DATABASE_USER -a "name=$DATABASE_NAME owner=$DATABASE_USER login_user=$DATABASE_USER login_host=$DATABASE_HOST login_password=$DATABASE_PASSWORD port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
 
-awx-manage migrate --noinput --fake-initial
+awx-manage migrate --noinput
 if [ ! -z "$AWX_ADMIN_USER" ]&&[ ! -z "$AWX_ADMIN_PASSWORD" ]; then
     echo "from django.contrib.auth.models import User; User.objects.create_superuser('$AWX_ADMIN_USER', 'root@localhost', '$AWX_ADMIN_PASSWORD')" | awx-manage shell
     awx-manage create_preload_data