diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 49122bb5..436fe3c4 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def upgradedb():
     """ Upgrades the database schema to the latest revision
     """
     flask_migrate.upgrade()
+    _insert_fake_baseruntime()
 
 
 @manager.command
@@ -160,6 +161,17 @@ def _insert_fake_baseruntime():
 
     mmd = modulemd.ModuleMetadata()
     mmd.loads(yaml)
+
+    # Check to see if this thing already exists...
+    query = models.ModuleBuild.query\
+        .filter_by(name=mmd.name)\
+        .filter_by(stream=mmd.stream)\
+        .filter_by(version=mmd.version)
+    if query.count():
+        logging.info('%r exists.  Skipping creation.' % query.first())
+        return
+
+    # Otherwise, it does not exist.  So, create it.
     module = models.ModuleBuild.create(
         db.session,
         conf,
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0ef60c3ed440_insert_fake_base_runtime.py b/migrations/versions/0ef60c3ed440_insert_fake_base_runtime.py
index 8a60467d..2fa253d0 100644
--- a/migrations/versions/0ef60c3ed440_insert_fake_base_runtime.py
+++ b/migrations/versions/0ef60c3ed440_insert_fake_base_runtime.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-"""Insert fake base-runtime.
+"""Do nothing.
+
+This used to be an upgrade that inserted a fake base-runtime module, but the
+code was removed as a result of
+https://pagure.io/fm-orchestrator/pull-request/225
 
 Revision ID: 0ef60c3ed440
 Revises: 145347916a56
@@ -11,79 +15,9 @@ Create Date: 2016-11-17 15:39:22.984051
 revision = '0ef60c3ed440'
 down_revision = '145347916a56'
 
-from alembic import op
-import sqlalchemy as sa
-
-import os
-import modulemd
-
-yaml = """
-document: modulemd
-version: 1
-data:
-    name: base-runtime
-    stream: master
-    version: 3
-    summary: A fake base-runtime module, used to bootstrap the infrastructure.
-    description: ...
-    profiles:
-        buildroot:
-            rpms:
-                - bash
-                - bzip2
-                - coreutils
-                - cpio
-                - diffutils
-                - fedora-release
-                - findutils
-                - gawk
-                - gcc
-                - gcc-c++
-                - grep
-                - gzip
-                - info
-                - make
-                - patch
-                - redhat-rpm-config
-                - rpm-build
-                - sed
-                - shadow-utils
-                - tar
-                - unzip
-                - util-linux
-                - which
-                - xz
-        srpm-buildroot:
-            rpms:
-                - bash
-                - fedora-release
-                - fedpkg-minimal
-                - gnupg2
-                - redhat-rpm-config
-                - rpm-build
-                - shadow-utils
-"""
 
 def upgrade():
-    from module_build_service import models, conf
-    engine = op.get_bind().engine
-    session = sa.orm.scoped_session(sa.orm.sessionmaker(bind=engine))
-
-    mmd = modulemd.ModuleMetadata()
-    mmd.loads(yaml)
-    module = models.ModuleBuild.create(
-        session,
-        conf,
-        name=mmd.name,
-        stream=mmd.stream,
-        version=mmd.version,
-        modulemd=yaml,
-        scmurl='...',
-        username='modularity',
-    )
-    module.state = models.BUILD_STATES['done']
-    module.state_reason = 'Artificially created.'
-    session.commit()
+    pass
 
 def downgrade():
     pass