diff --git a/app/models/notification.rb b/app/models/notification.rb
index 65ccb84b8..8a786c8fa 100644
--- a/app/models/notification.rb
+++ b/app/models/notification.rb
@@ -24,35 +24,4 @@ class Notification < ApplicationRecord
   def send_message
     sender.send_message(recipient, body, subject)
   end
-
-  def migrate_to_mailboxer!
-    conversation = Mailboxer::ConversationBuilder.new(
-      subject:    subject,
-      created_at: created_at,
-      updated_at: updated_at
-    ).build
-
-    message = Mailboxer::MessageBuilder.new(
-      sender:       sender,
-      conversation: conversation,
-      recipients:   [recipient],
-      body:         body,
-      subject:      subject,
-      # attachment:   attachment,
-      created_at:   created_at,
-      updated_at:   updated_at
-    ).build
-
-    notification = Mailboxer::NotificationBuilder.new(
-      recipients: [recipient],
-      subject:    subject,
-      body:       body,
-      sender:     sender
-    ).build
-
-    conversation.save!
-    message.save!
-    notification.save!
-    notification.deliver(false, false)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20190720000625_notifications_to_mailboxer.rb b/db/migrate/20190720000625_notifications_to_mailboxer.rb
index 6e003c44a..1a5d281b6 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20190720000625_notifications_to_mailboxer.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20190720000625_notifications_to_mailboxer.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 class NotificationsToMailboxer < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
   def up
-    Notification.find_in_batches do |group|
+    Mailboxer.setup do |config|
+      # turn off emails
+      config.uses_emails = false
+    end
+    Notification.find_in_batches.each do |group|
       group.each do |n|
-        next unless n.valid?
-        n.migrate_to_mailboxer!
+        n.body = 'message has no body' if n.body.blank?
+        n.send_message
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
index 745a2fb7d..5c9dc4883 100644
--- a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
@@ -3,27 +3,6 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 describe Notification do
   let(:notification) { FactoryBot.create(:notification) }
 
-  describe 'migration to mailboxer' do
-    let(:body) do
-      "Hellos
-      how are you today?
-      I am fine
-
-      -- me
-      "
-    end
-    let(:sender) { FactoryBot.create :member }
-    let(:recipient) { FactoryBot.create :member }
-    let(:notification) do
-      FactoryBot.create :notification,
-        subject: 'hello', body: body,
-        sender: sender,
-        recipient: recipient
-    end
-    before { notification.migrate_to_mailboxer! }
-    it { expect(recipient.mailbox.inbox.count).to eq 1 }
-    it { expect(recipient.mailbox.inbox.first.subject).to eq 'hello' }
-  end
   it "belongs to a post" do
     expect(notification.post).to be_an_instance_of Post
   end