diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SDBSetup.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SDBSetup.java
index 9fa5baf84..da71d65eb 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SDBSetup.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SDBSetup.java
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ implements javax.servlet.ServletContextListener {
         if (!isSetUp(store)) {            
             JenaPersistentDataSourceSetup.thisIsFirstStartup();
             setupSDB(ctx, store);
-        }else{
-            migrateToSDBFromExistingRDBStore(ctx, store); 
         }
     }
     
@@ -192,15 +190,6 @@ implements javax.servlet.ServletContextListener {
         }
     }
 
-    private void migrateToSDBFromExistingRDBStore(ServletContext ctx,
-            Store store) {
-        Model rdbAssertionsModel = makeDBModelFromConfigurationProperties(
-                JENA_DB_MODEL, DB_ONT_MODEL_SPEC, ctx);
-        Model rdbInferencesModel = makeDBModelFromConfigurationProperties(
-                JENA_INF_MODEL, DB_ONT_MODEL_SPEC, ctx);
-        setupSDB(ctx, store, rdbAssertionsModel, rdbInferencesModel);
-    }
-
     /*
      * Copy all statements from model 1 that are not in model 2 to model 3.
      */