diff --git a/pkg/cmd/migrate.go b/pkg/cmd/migrate.go
index fcbb4c16a..bf177d7c1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/migrate.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/migrate.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(migrateCmd)
 }
 
+// TODO: add args to run migrations up or down, until a certain point etc
 var migrateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "migrate",
 	Short: "Run all database migrations which didn't already run.",
diff --git a/pkg/migration/20190324205606.go b/pkg/migration/20190324205606.go
index 18956f890..a6272a45d 100644
--- a/pkg/migration/20190324205606.go
+++ b/pkg/migration/20190324205606.go
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	migrations = append(migrations, &xormigrate.Migration{
 		ID:          "20190324205606",
-		Description: "Lorem Ipsum",
+		Description: "Remove reminder_unix from tasks",
 		Migrate: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
-
-			return nil
+			return dropTableColum(tx, "tasks", "reminder_unix")
 		},
 		Rollback: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
 
diff --git a/pkg/migration/migration.go b/pkg/migration/migration.go
index 3494ca8ac..0cf549aca 100644
--- a/pkg/migration/migration.go
+++ b/pkg/migration/migration.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/go-xorm/xorm"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"sort"
 	"src.techknowlogick.com/xormigrate"
 )
@@ -53,10 +54,6 @@ func Migrate(x *xorm.Engine) {
 		log.Log.Criticalf("Migration failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	//m.InitSchema()
-
-	// TODO: Init schema
-
 	/*
 			XORM logs from try.vikunja.io:
 
@@ -119,6 +116,24 @@ func Migrate(x *xorm.Engine) {
 	*/
 }
 
+// Deletes a column from a table. All arguments are strings, to let them be standalone and not depending on any struct.
+func dropTableColum(x *xorm.Engine, tableName, col string) error {
+
+	switch viper.GetString("database.type") {
+	case "sqlite":
+		log.Log.Warning("Unable to drop columns in SQLite")
+	case "mysql":
+		_, err := x.Exec("ALTER TABLE ? DROP COLUMN ?", tableName, col)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Log.Errorf("Error dropping column: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+	default:
+		log.Log.Fatal("Unknown db.")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func initSchema(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
 	return tx.Sync2(
 		db.GetTables(),