diff --git a/.changes/workspace-startup-first-card-ipc.md b/.changes/workspace-startup-first-card-ipc.md
index fc6c7e758..7df875c2c 100644
--- a/.changes/workspace-startup-first-card-ipc.md
+++ b/.changes/workspace-startup-first-card-ipc.md
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ type: perf
 area: workspace
 ---
 
-On launch the workspace reads the source list once instead of twice before its first source card (journey J1, `renderer.ipcCallsToFirstCard`), and M3U favorites stop re-checking the finished playlist migration for every playlist.
+On launch the workspace reads the source list once instead of twice before its first source card (journey J1, `renderer.ipcCallsToFirstCard`).
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.inventory-read.spec.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.inventory-read.spec.ts
index 127984a8a..800171f83 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.inventory-read.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.inventory-read.spec.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ describe('PlaylistsService inventory reads', () => {
             runtime: { supportsSqlite: true },
             electronMigrationPromise: null,
             pendingMetas: null,
-            migrated: false,
             playlistWriteQueues: new Map(),
         });
         const settle = async (index: number, playlists: Playlist[]) => {
@@ -102,50 +101,4 @@ describe('PlaylistsService inventory reads', () => {
         await expect(freshRead).resolves.toEqual([added]);
         expect(electron.dbGetAppPlaylistMetas).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
-
-    it('reads the SQLite migration receipt once for M3U favorites', async () => {
-        const { electron, service, settle } = setup();
-
-        const inventory = firstValueFrom(service.getAllPlaylists());
-        await settle(0, []);
-        await inventory;
-        const receiptReads = electron.dbGetAppState.mock.calls.length;
-        await firstValueFrom(service.getM3uFavoriteChannels('one'));
-        await firstValueFrom(service.getM3uFavoriteChannels('two'));
-
-        expect(electron.dbGetAppState).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(receiptReads);
-        expect(
-            electron.dbGetAppPlaylistFavoriteChannels
-        ).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    });
-
-    it.each([
-        ['an empty legacy store', [], { success: true, count: 0 }, true],
-        ['a committed migration', [source('legacy')], { success: true, count: 1 }, true],
-        ['an uncommitted migration', [source('legacy')], { success: false, count: 0 }, false],
-    ])(
-        'trusts the receipt written by %s in this session',
-        async (_case, legacy, result, confirmed) => {
-            const { electron, service, settle } = setup();
-            electron.dbGetAppState.mockImplementation(async (key: string) =>
-                key === 'm3u-playlists-indexeddb-to-sqlite-v1' ? null : '1'
-            );
-            Object.assign(electron, {
-                dbMigrateAppPlaylists: jest.fn(async () => result),
-            });
-            Object.assign(service, {
-                dbService: { getAll: jest.fn(() => of(legacy)) },
-            });
-
-            const inventory = firstValueFrom(service.getAllPlaylists());
-            await settle(0, []);
-            await inventory;
-            const receiptReads = electron.dbGetAppState.mock.calls.length;
-            await firstValueFrom(service.getM3uFavoriteChannels('one'));
-
-            expect(electron.dbGetAppState).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(
-                receiptReads + (confirmed ? 0 : 1)
-            );
-        }
-    );
 });
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.spec.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.spec.ts
index 172e2ef87..6b5332a2a 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.spec.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ describe('PlaylistsService', () => {
             electronMigrationPromise: null,
             indexedDbMigrationPromise: null,
             pendingMetas: null,
-            migrated: false,
             playlistWriteQueues: new Map(),
             playlistDeleteCleanups: [],
         });
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.ts
index 2cc219fa3..143d7a798 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/playlists.service.ts
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ type PlaylistStorageElectronApi = {
         playlist: Playlist,
         operationId?: string
     ) => Promise<unknown>;
-    dbMigrateAppPlaylists: (
-        playlists: Playlist[]
-    ) => Promise<{ success: boolean; count: number }>;
+    dbMigrateAppPlaylists: (playlists: Playlist[]) => Promise<unknown>;
     dbRecoverLegacyPlaylists?: () => Promise<void>;
     dbUpsertAppPlaylists: (playlists: Playlist[]) => Promise<unknown>;
 };
@@ -122,8 +120,6 @@ export class PlaylistsService {
     // XMLTV source reconciliation); both share one worker round trip. Only a
     // pending read is shared, and every SQLite write detaches it.
     private pendingMetas: Promise<Playlist[]> | null = null;
-    // The IndexedDB → SQLite receipt is written once and never cleared.
-    private migrated = false;
     private indexedDbMigrationPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
     private readonly playlistWriteQueues = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>();
 
@@ -203,21 +199,17 @@ export class PlaylistsService {
         if (
             (await electron.dbGetAppState(SQLITE_PLAYLIST_MIGRATION_FLAG)) ===
             '1'
-        ) {
-            this.migrated = true;
+        )
             return;
-        }
         const playlists = await firstValueFrom(
             this.dbService.getAll<Playlist>(DbStores.Playlists)
         );
         if (playlists.length) {
             // The worker commits rows and the receipt atomically. Keep the
             // original IndexedDB as a recovery source, even after success.
-            const result = await electron.dbMigrateAppPlaylists(playlists);
-            this.migrated = result?.success === true;
+            await electron.dbMigrateAppPlaylists(playlists);
         } else {
             await electron.dbSetAppState(SQLITE_PLAYLIST_MIGRATION_FLAG, '1');
-            this.migrated = true;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1099,14 +1091,11 @@ export class PlaylistsService {
 
         return from(
             (async () => {
-                if (!this.migrated) {
-                    const alreadyMigrated = await electron.dbGetAppState(
-                        SQLITE_PLAYLIST_MIGRATION_FLAG
-                    );
-                    if (alreadyMigrated !== '1') {
-                        return null;
-                    }
-                    this.migrated = true;
+                const alreadyMigrated = await electron.dbGetAppState(
+                    SQLITE_PLAYLIST_MIGRATION_FLAG
+                );
+                if (alreadyMigrated !== '1') {
+                    return null;
                 }
 
                 return getFavoriteChannels(playlistId);