diff --git a/backend/alembic/versions/0057_multi_notes.py b/backend/alembic/versions/0057_multi_notes.py
index 5a4f2a246..1fa2e7254 100644
--- a/backend/alembic/versions/0057_multi_notes.py
+++ b/backend/alembic/versions/0057_multi_notes.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 from alembic import op
 from sqlalchemy import text
 
-from utils.database import is_mariadb, is_mysql
-
 # revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
 revision = "0057_multi_notes"
 down_revision = "0056_gamelist_xml"
@@ -57,17 +55,6 @@ def upgrade() -> None:
     op.create_index("idx_rom_notes_rom_user", "rom_notes", ["rom_id", "user_id"])
     op.create_index("idx_rom_notes_title", "rom_notes", ["title"])
 
-    # Get connection for manual index creation
-    connection = op.get_bind()
-
-    # For MariaDB compatibility, we limit the content index length
-    if is_mysql(connection) or is_mariadb(connection):
-        connection.execute(
-            text("CREATE INDEX idx_rom_notes_content ON rom_notes (content(100))")
-        )
-    else:
-        op.create_index("idx_rom_notes_content", "rom_notes", ["content"])
-
     # Add default values to old note columns to prevent insertion errors
     # This allows new rom_user records to be created without specifying note fields
     op.alter_column(
@@ -87,7 +74,7 @@ def upgrade() -> None:
 
     # Migrate existing notes from rom_user to rom_notes table
     # Both note_raw_markdown and note_is_public columns exist from previous migrations
-
+    connection = op.get_bind()
     result = connection.execute(
         text(
             """
@@ -124,8 +111,6 @@ def upgrade() -> None:
 def downgrade() -> None:
     """Drop the rom_notes table and restore note columns to rom_user."""
 
-    connection = op.get_bind()
-
     # Add back the old columns to rom_user
     op.add_column(
         "rom_user",
@@ -139,7 +124,7 @@ def downgrade() -> None:
     )
 
     # Migrate notes back to rom_user (take first note per user/rom)
-
+    connection = op.get_bind()
     result = connection.execute(
         text(
             """
@@ -168,17 +153,6 @@ def downgrade() -> None:
             },
         )
 
-    # Drop indexes and table
-    if is_mysql(connection) or is_mariadb(connection):
-        # The content index was created with a specific length using raw SQL for MySQL/MariaDB,
-        # so we drop it with raw SQL as well.
-        connection.execute(
-            text("DROP INDEX IF EXISTS idx_rom_notes_content ON rom_notes")
-        )
-    else:
-        # For other databases, the content index was created with op.create_index.
-        op.drop_index("idx_rom_notes_content", table_name="rom_notes")
-
     # These indexes were created with op.create_index for all dialects.
     op.drop_index("idx_rom_notes_title", table_name="rom_notes")
     op.drop_index("idx_rom_notes_rom_user", table_name="rom_notes")