diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index 098e06cca9..0ca1a47fbf 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -773,12 +773,11 @@ impl ComputeNode {
         // 'Close' connection
         drop(client);
 
-        if self.has_feature(ComputeFeature::Migrations) {
-            thread::spawn(move || {
-                let mut client = Client::connect(connstr.as_str(), NoTls)?;
-                handle_migrations(&mut client)
-            });
-        }
+        // Run migrations separately to not hold up cold starts
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            let mut client = Client::connect(connstr.as_str(), NoTls)?;
+            handle_migrations(&mut client)
+        });
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs b/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
index 5361d14004..13ac18e0c5 100644
--- a/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
+++ b/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ pub enum ComputeFeature {
     /// track short-lived connections as user activity.
     ActivityMonitorExperimental,
 
-    /// Enable running migrations
-    Migrations,
-
     /// This is a special feature flag that is used to represent unknown feature flags.
     /// Basically all unknown to enum flags are represented as this one. See unit test
     /// `parse_unknown_features()` for more details.
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index bf7c6ccc14..4491655aeb 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -3131,10 +3131,7 @@ class Endpoint(PgProtocol):
             log.info(json.dumps(dict(data_dict, **kwargs)))
             json.dump(dict(data_dict, **kwargs), file, indent=4)
 
-    # Please note: if you didn't respec this endpoint to have the `migrations`
-    # feature, this function will probably fail because neon_migration.migration_id
-    # won't exist. This is temporary - soon we'll get rid of the feature flag and
-    # migrations will be enabled for everyone.
+    # Please note: Migrations only run if pg_skip_catalog_updates is false
     def wait_for_migrations(self):
         with self.cursor() as cur:
 
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py b/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py
index 30dd54a8c1..8954810451 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def test_migrations(neon_simple_env: NeonEnv):
     endpoint = env.endpoints.create("test_migrations")
     log_path = endpoint.endpoint_path() / "compute.log"
 
-    endpoint.respec(skip_pg_catalog_updates=False, features=["migrations"])
+    endpoint.respec(skip_pg_catalog_updates=False)
     endpoint.start()
 
     endpoint.wait_for_migrations()
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_neon_superuser.py b/test_runner/regress/test_neon_superuser.py
index eff2cadabf..34f1e64b34 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_neon_superuser.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_neon_superuser.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ def test_neon_superuser(neon_simple_env: NeonEnv, pg_version: PgVersion):
     env.neon_cli.create_branch("test_neon_superuser_subscriber")
     sub = env.endpoints.create("test_neon_superuser_subscriber")
 
-    pub.respec(skip_pg_catalog_updates=False, features=["migrations"])
+    pub.respec(skip_pg_catalog_updates=False)
     pub.start()
 
-    sub.respec(skip_pg_catalog_updates=False, features=["migrations"])
+    sub.respec(skip_pg_catalog_updates=False)
     sub.start()
 
     pub.wait_for_migrations()