diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c23a7a3bf0e..ac8390074f4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ before_script:
   - touch log/application.log
   - touch log/test.log
   - bundle install --without postgres production --jobs $(nproc)  "${FLAGS[@]}"
-  - bundle exec rake db:reset db:create RAILS_ENV=test
+  - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:drop db:create db:schema:load db:migrate
 
 spec:feature:
   script:
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ flay:
     - mysql
 
 bundler:audit:
-  script: 
+  script:
     - "bundle exec bundle-audit update"
     - "bundle exec bundle-audit check"
   tags:
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb b/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
index 7f938780ab1..ea054255820 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/current_settings.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ module Gitlab
                end
 
       use_db && ActiveRecord::Base.connection.active? &&
-                !ActiveRecord::Migrator.needs_migration? &&
                 ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?('application_settings')
 
     rescue ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError