diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 45037e89c..57afaf9c8 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,4 @@
 class User < ApplicationRecord
-  self.ignored_columns = %w[
-    base_cover_letter
-    membership_started_at
-    onboarding_checklist
-    onboarding_package_form_submmitted_at
-    onboarding_package_fulfilled
-    onboarding_package_requested_again
-    onboarding_variant_version
-    org_admin
-    personal_data_updated_at
-    resume_html
-    shipping_validated
-    shipping_validated_at
-    shirt_gender
-    shirt_size
-    signup_refer_code
-    signup_referring_site
-    specialty
-    tabs_or_spaces
-    text_only_name
-    top_languages
-  ]
-
   include CloudinaryHelper
 
   attr_accessor(
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200407091449_remove_unused_columns_from_users.rb b/db/migrate/20200407091449_remove_unused_columns_from_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc0a74fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200407091449_remove_unused_columns_from_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+class RemoveUnusedColumnsFromUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    safety_assured do
+      remove_column :users, :base_cover_letter, :text
+      remove_column :users, :membership_started_at, :datetime
+      remove_column :users, :onboarding_checklist, :string, array: true, default: []
+      remove_column :users, :onboarding_package_form_submmitted_at, :datetime
+      remove_column :users, :onboarding_package_fulfilled, :boolean, default: false
+      remove_column :users, :onboarding_package_requested_again, :boolean, default: false
+      remove_column :users, :onboarding_variant_version, :string, default: "0"
+      remove_column :users, :org_admin, :boolean, default: false
+      remove_column :users, :personal_data_updated_at, :datetime
+      remove_column :users, :resume_html, :text
+      remove_column :users, :shipping_validated, :boolean, default: false
+      remove_column :users, :shipping_validated_at, :datetime
+      remove_column :users, :shirt_gender, :string
+      remove_column :users, :shirt_size, :string
+      remove_column :users, :signup_refer_code, :string
+      remove_column :users, :signup_referring_site, :string
+      remove_column :users, :specialty, :string
+      remove_column :users, :tabs_or_spaces, :string
+      remove_column :users, :text_only_name, :string
+      remove_column :users, :top_languages, :string
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 7598bb633..8d3666e16 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_07_083405) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_07_091449) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -1090,7 +1090,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_07_083405) do
     t.integer "articles_count", default: 0, null: false
     t.string "available_for"
     t.integer "badge_achievements_count", default: 0, null: false
-    t.text "base_cover_letter"
     t.string "behance_url"
     t.string "bg_color_hex"
     t.bigint "blocked_by_count", default: 0, null: false
@@ -1167,7 +1166,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_07_083405) do
     t.boolean "looking_for_work_publicly", default: false
     t.string "mastodon_url"
     t.string "medium_url"
-    t.datetime "membership_started_at"
     t.boolean "mobile_comment_notifications", default: true
     t.boolean "mod_roundrobin_notifications", default: true
     t.integer "monthly_dues", default: 0
@@ -1175,16 +1173,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_07_083405) do
     t.string "name"
     t.string "old_old_username"
     t.string "old_username"
-    t.string "onboarding_checklist", default: [], array: true
-    t.datetime "onboarding_package_form_submmitted_at"
-    t.boolean "onboarding_package_fulfilled", default: false
     t.boolean "onboarding_package_requested", default: false
-    t.boolean "onboarding_package_requested_again", default: false
-    t.string "onboarding_variant_version", default: "0"
-    t.boolean "org_admin", default: false
     t.datetime "organization_info_updated_at"
     t.boolean "permit_adjacent_sponsors", default: true
-    t.datetime "personal_data_updated_at"
     t.string "profile_image"
     t.datetime "profile_updated_at", default: "2017-01-01 05:00:00"
     t.integer "rating_votes_count", default: 0, null: false
@@ -1194,27 +1185,16 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_07_083405) do
     t.float "reputation_modifier", default: 1.0
     t.datetime "reset_password_sent_at"
     t.string "reset_password_token"
-    t.text "resume_html"
     t.boolean "saw_onboarding", default: true
     t.integer "score", default: 0
     t.string "secret"
-    t.boolean "shipping_validated", default: false
-    t.datetime "shipping_validated_at"
-    t.string "shirt_gender"
-    t.string "shirt_size"
     t.integer "sign_in_count", default: 0, null: false
     t.string "signup_cta_variant"
-    t.string "signup_refer_code"
-    t.string "signup_referring_site"
-    t.string "specialty"
     t.integer "spent_credits_count", default: 0, null: false
     t.string "stackoverflow_url"
     t.string "stripe_id_code"
     t.text "summary"
-    t.string "tabs_or_spaces"
     t.string "text_color_hex"
-    t.string "text_only_name"
-    t.string "top_languages"
     t.string "twitch_url"
     t.string "twitch_username"
     t.datetime "twitter_created_at"