diff --git a/src/modules/category/services/CategoryMetadata.ts b/src/modules/category/services/CategoryMetadata.ts
index ea49f04e..64ce4b3f 100644
--- a/src/modules/category/services/CategoryMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/modules/category/services/CategoryMetadata.ts
@@ -65,14 +65,7 @@ const getCategoryMetadataWithDefaultValueFallback = (
     useEffectFn?: typeof useEffect,
 ): ICategoryMetadata =>
     convertGqlMetadataToAppMetadata(
-        getMetadataFrom(
-            'category',
-            meta,
-            convertAppMetadataToGqlMetadata(defaultMetadata),
-            undefined,
-            true,
-            useEffectFn,
-        ),
+        getMetadataFrom('category', meta, convertAppMetadataToGqlMetadata(defaultMetadata), undefined, useEffectFn),
     );
 
 const getMetadata = (
diff --git a/src/modules/metadata/services/MetadataReader.ts b/src/modules/metadata/services/MetadataReader.ts
index ea7fedae..212829de 100644
--- a/src/modules/metadata/services/MetadataReader.ts
+++ b/src/modules/metadata/services/MetadataReader.ts
@@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ export const getMetadataValueFrom = <Key extends AppMetadataKeys, Value extends
     key: Key,
     defaultValue?: Value,
     prefixes?: string[],
-    applyMigrations?: boolean,
 ): Value | undefined => {
     const requiresMigration = Number(meta?.migration) !== METADATA_MIGRATIONS.length;
-    const doMigration = requiresMigration && applyMigrations;
-    const metadata = doMigration ? applyMetadataMigrations(meta) : meta;
+    const metadata = requiresMigration ? applyMetadataMigrations(meta) : meta;
 
     if (
         metadata === undefined ||
@@ -196,7 +194,6 @@ export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKey
     metadataHolder: MetadataHolder,
     metadataWithDefaultValues: METADATA,
     prefixes?: string[],
-    applyMigrations?: boolean,
     useEffectFn?: typeof useEffect,
 ): METADATA;
 export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKeys, AllowedMetadataValueTypes>>>(
@@ -204,7 +201,6 @@ export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKey
     metadataHolder: MangaIdInfo & MetadataHolder,
     metadataWithDefaultValues: METADATA,
     prefixes?: string[],
-    applyMigrations?: boolean,
     useEffectFn?: typeof useEffect,
 ): METADATA;
 export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKeys, AllowedMetadataValueTypes>>>(
@@ -212,7 +208,6 @@ export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKey
     metadataHolder: ChapterIdInfo & MetadataHolder,
     metadataWithDefaultValues: METADATA,
     prefixes?: string[],
-    applyMigrations?: boolean,
     useEffectFn?: typeof useEffect,
 ): METADATA;
 export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKeys, AllowedMetadataValueTypes>>>(
@@ -220,7 +215,6 @@ export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKey
     metadataHolder: CategoryIdInfo & MetadataHolder,
     metadataWithDefaultValues: METADATA,
     prefixes?: string[],
-    applyMigrations?: boolean,
     useEffectFn?: typeof useEffect,
 ): METADATA;
 export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKeys, AllowedMetadataValueTypes>>>(
@@ -228,7 +222,6 @@ export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKey
     metadataHolder: Pick<SourceType, 'id'> & MetadataHolder,
     metadataWithDefaultValues: METADATA,
     prefixes?: string[],
-    applyMigrations?: boolean,
     useEffectFn?: typeof useEffect,
 ): METADATA;
 export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKeys, AllowedMetadataValueTypes>>>(
@@ -241,13 +234,11 @@ export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKey
         | (Pick<SourceType, 'id'> & MetadataHolder),
     metadataWithDefaultValues: METADATA,
     prefixes?: string[],
-    applyMigrations: boolean = true,
     useEffectFn: typeof useEffect = (fn: () => void) => fn(),
 ): METADATA {
     const wasMigrated =
         !!metadataHolder?.meta &&
-        applyMigrations &&
-        Number(getMetadataValueFrom(metadataHolder, 'migration', 0, undefined, true)) !== METADATA_MIGRATIONS.length;
+        Number(getMetadataValueFrom(metadataHolder, 'migration', 0)) !== METADATA_MIGRATIONS.length;
     const appMetadata = {} as METADATA;
 
     Object.entries(metadataWithDefaultValues).forEach(([key, defaultValue]) => {
@@ -256,7 +247,6 @@ export function getMetadataFrom<METADATA extends Partial<Metadata<AppMetadataKey
             key as AppMetadataKeys,
             defaultValue,
             prefixes,
-            applyMigrations,
         );
     });
 
diff --git a/src/modules/reader/services/ReaderSettingsMetadata.ts b/src/modules/reader/services/ReaderSettingsMetadata.ts
index 55c775de..3b086725 100644
--- a/src/modules/reader/services/ReaderSettingsMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/modules/reader/services/ReaderSettingsMetadata.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ export const getReaderSettings = (
             metadataHolder as Parameters<typeof getMetadataFrom>[1],
             convertSettingsToMetadata(defaultSettings),
             profile !== undefined ? [profile.toString()] : undefined,
-            true,
             useEffectFn,
         ),
         defaultSettings as IReaderSettings,
diff --git a/src/modules/settings/services/ServerSettingsMetadata.ts b/src/modules/settings/services/ServerSettingsMetadata.ts
index 5a9ab4c8..370136c7 100644
--- a/src/modules/settings/services/ServerSettingsMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/modules/settings/services/ServerSettingsMetadata.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const getMetadataServerSettingsWithDefaultFallback = (
     useEffectFn?: typeof useEffect,
 ): MetadataServerSettings =>
     convertMetadataToSettings(
-        getMetadataFrom('global', { meta }, convertSettingsToMetadata(defaultSettings), undefined, true, useEffectFn),
+        getMetadataFrom('global', { meta }, convertSettingsToMetadata(defaultSettings), undefined, useEffectFn),
     );
 
 export const useMetadataServerSettings = (): {
diff --git a/src/modules/source/services/SourceMetadata.ts b/src/modules/source/services/SourceMetadata.ts
index 2fb3b399..91f19185 100644
--- a/src/modules/source/services/SourceMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/modules/source/services/SourceMetadata.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ const getMetadata = (
             { ...metaHolder, meta: convertFromGqlMeta(metaHolder.meta) },
             convertAppMetadataToGqlMetadata(DEFAULT_SOURCE_METADATA),
             undefined,
-            true,
             useEffectFn,
         ),
     );