diff --git a/db/migrate/20230202132107_install_audited.rb b/db/migrate/20230202132107_install_audited.rb
index 0bb6da79c..7c9f1dd54 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20230202132107_install_audited.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20230202132107_install_audited.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class InstallAudited < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
       t.string :username
       t.string :action
       t.jsonb :audited_changes
-      t.integer :version, :integer, :default => 0
+      t.integer :version, :default => 0
       t.string :comment
       t.string :remote_address
       t.string :request_uuid
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230328131926_drop_extra_audit_integer_column.rb b/db/migrate/20230328131926_drop_extra_audit_integer_column.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58a7d91c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230328131926_drop_extra_audit_integer_column.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class DropExtraAuditIntegerColumn < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    # this column was added unintentionally for a time in a migration but not in schema.rb, so some
+    # installations will have it and some won't.
+    remove_column :audits, :integer, :integer, default: 0, if_exists: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index b12b2231a..4627e3ddc 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_03_27_081350) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_03_28_131926) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_stat_statements"