diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 3ed158274..32ef942b5 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl MsgId {
             context,
             &context.sql,
             "UPDATE msgs \
-             SET unlinked=1, server_folder='', server_uid=0 \
+             SET server_folder='', server_uid=0 \
              WHERE id=?",
             params![self],
         )
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ pub fn get_deaddrop_msg_cnt(context: &Context) -> usize {
 pub fn rfc724_mid_cnt(context: &Context, rfc724_mid: &str) -> i32 {
     // check the number of messages with the same rfc724_mid
     match context.sql.query_row(
-        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM msgs WHERE rfc724_mid=? AND NOT unlinked",
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM msgs WHERE rfc724_mid=? AND NOT server_uid = 0",
         &[rfc724_mid],
         |row| row.get(0),
     ) {
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ pub fn update_server_uid(
     server_uid: u32,
 ) {
     match context.sql.execute(
-        "UPDATE msgs SET server_folder=?, server_uid=?, unlinked=0 \
+        "UPDATE msgs SET server_folder=?, server_uid=? \
          WHERE rfc724_mid=?",
         params![server_folder.as_ref(), server_uid, rfc724_mid],
     ) {
diff --git a/src/sql.rs b/src/sql.rs
index d1992683f..8e15d1fdd 100644
--- a/src/sql.rs
+++ b/src/sql.rs
@@ -898,14 +898,6 @@ fn open(
             sql.execute("UPDATE chats SET grpid='' WHERE type=100", NO_PARAMS)?;
             sql.set_raw_config_int(context, "dbversion", 63)?;
         }
-        if dbversion < 64 {
-            info!(context, "[migration] v64");
-            sql.execute(
-                "ALTER TABLE msgs ADD COLUMN unlinked INTEGER DEFAULT 0",
-                NO_PARAMS,
-            )?;
-            sql.set_raw_config_int(context, "dbversion", 64)?;
-        }
 
         // (2) updates that require high-level objects
         // (the structure is complete now and all objects are usable)