diff --git a/app/jobs/migration/remove_stale_notifications_job.rb b/app/jobs/migration/remove_stale_notifications_job.rb
index bceecfcbe..fcd8bee8d 100644
--- a/app/jobs/migration/remove_stale_notifications_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/migration/remove_stale_notifications_job.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class Migration::RemoveStaleNotificationsJob < ApplicationJob
 
   def remove_invalid_messages
     deleted_ids = []
-    Message.distinct.pluck(:inbox_id).each_slice(1000) do |id_list|
+
+    Message.unscoped.distinct.pluck(:inbox_id).each_slice(1000) do |id_list|
       deleted_ids << (id_list - Inbox.where(id: id_list).pluck(:id))
     end