diff --git a/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd.go b/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd.go
index 95bb68d0..05633553 100644
--- a/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd.go
+++ b/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
-	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/migrations"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/models"
@@ -93,27 +92,6 @@ func Register(app core.App, rootCmd *cobra.Command, config Config) error {
 		// when migrations are applied on server start
 		p.app.OnBeforeServe().Add(func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
 			p.refreshCachedCollections()
-
-			cachedCollections, _ := p.getCachedCollections()
-			// create a full initial snapshot, if there are no custom
-			// migrations but there is already at least 1 collection created,
-			// to ensure that the automigrate will work with up-to-date collections data
-			if !p.hasCustomMigrations() && len(cachedCollections) > 1 {
-				snapshotFile, err := p.migrateCollectionsHandler(nil, false)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-
-				// insert the snapshot migration entry
-				_, insertErr := p.app.Dao().NonconcurrentDB().Insert(migrate.DefaultMigrationsTable, dbx.Params{
-					"file":    snapshotFile,
-					"applied": time.Now().Unix(),
-				}).Execute()
-				if insertErr != nil {
-					return insertErr
-				}
-			}
-
 			return nil
 		})
 
diff --git a/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go b/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go
index c5a5d108..092e3f61 100644
--- a/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go
+++ b/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
-	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/daos"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/models"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/models/schema"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/plugins/migratecmd"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tests"
-	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/migrate"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/types"
 )
 
@@ -779,36 +776,3 @@ func TestAutomigrateCollectionNoChanges(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestInitialAutoSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
-	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
-	defer app.Cleanup()
-
-	migrationsDir := filepath.Join(app.DataDir(), "_test_auto_snapshot_")
-
-	migratecmd.MustRegister(app, nil, migratecmd.Config{
-		TemplateLang: migratecmd.TemplateLangJS,
-		Automigrate:  true,
-		Dir:          migrationsDir,
-	})
-
-	app.Bootstrap()
-
-	app.OnBeforeServe().Trigger(&core.ServeEvent{
-		App: app,
-	})
-
-	var foundFiles []string
-
-	err := app.Dao().NonconcurrentDB().Select("file").
-		From(migrate.DefaultMigrationsTable).
-		Where(dbx.NewExp("file like '%collections_snapshot.js'")).
-		Column(&foundFiles)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if len(foundFiles) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 collections_snapshot migration, found %v", foundFiles)
-	}
-}