diff --git a/packages/backend/migration/1749267016885-remove-IDX_instance_host_filters.js b/packages/backend/migration/1749267016885-remove-IDX_instance_host_filters.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0a4e4f91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/migration/1749267016885-remove-IDX_instance_host_filters.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: hazelnoot and other Sharkey contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+export class RemoveIDXInstanceHostFilters1749267016885 {
+	async up(queryRunner) {
+		await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX IF EXISTS "IDX_instance_host_filters"`);
+	}
+
+	async down(queryRunner) {
+		await queryRunner.query(`
+			create index "IDX_instance_host_filters"
+			on "instance" ("host", "isBlocked", "isSilenced", "isMediaSilenced", "isAllowListed", "isBubbled", "suspensionState")`);
+		await queryRunner.query(`comment on index "IDX_instance_host_filters" is 'Covering index for host filter queries'`);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/Instance.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/Instance.ts
index c9200e1e35..0cde4b75fc 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/Instance.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/Instance.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { Entity, PrimaryColumn, Index, Column } from 'typeorm';
 import { id } from './util/id.js';
 
 @Index('IDX_instance_host_key', { synchronize: false }) // ((lower(reverse("host"::text)) || '.'::text)
-@Index('IDX_instance_host_filters', { synchronize: false }) // ("host", "isBlocked", "isSilenced", "isMediaSilenced", "isAllowListed", "isBubbled", "suspensionState")
 @Entity('instance')
 export class MiInstance {
 	@PrimaryColumn(id())