diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/migration/versions/52b5c2466605_remove_services_limitations.py b/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/migration/versions/52b5c2466605_remove_services_limitations.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1392536e7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/migration/versions/52b5c2466605_remove_services_limitations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+"""remove services_limitations
+
+Revision ID: 52b5c2466605
+Revises: 38fe651b4196
+Create Date: 2023-06-27 15:24:13.207340+00:00
+
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "52b5c2466605"
+down_revision = "38fe651b4196"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+modified_timestamp_trigger = sa.DDL(
+    """
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS trigger_auto_update on services_limitations;
+CREATE TRIGGER trigger_auto_update
+BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON services_limitations
+FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE services_limitations_auto_update_modified();
+    """
+)
+
+update_modified_timestamp_procedure = sa.DDL(
+    """
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION services_limitations_auto_update_modified()
+RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
+BEGIN
+  NEW.modified := current_timestamp;
+  RETURN NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+    """
+)
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_index("idx_unique_gid_cluster_id_null", table_name="services_limitations")
+    op.drop_table("services_limitations")
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+    # custom
+    op.execute(f"DROP FUNCTION services_limitations_auto_update_modified();")
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table(
+        "services_limitations",
+        sa.Column("gid", sa.BIGINT(), autoincrement=False, nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("cluster_id", sa.BIGINT(), autoincrement=False, nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("ram", sa.BIGINT(), autoincrement=False, nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("cpu", sa.NUMERIC(), autoincrement=False, nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("vram", sa.BIGINT(), autoincrement=False, nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("gpu", sa.INTEGER(), autoincrement=False, nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "created",
+            postgresql.TIMESTAMP(timezone=True),
+            server_default=sa.text("now()"),
+            autoincrement=False,
+            nullable=False,
+        ),
+        sa.Column(
+            "modified",
+            postgresql.TIMESTAMP(timezone=True),
+            server_default=sa.text("now()"),
+            autoincrement=False,
+            nullable=False,
+        ),
+        sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(
+            ["cluster_id"],
+            ["clusters.id"],
+            name="fk_services_limitations_to_clusters_id",
+            onupdate="CASCADE",
+            ondelete="CASCADE",
+        ),
+        sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(
+            ["gid"],
+            ["groups.gid"],
+            name="fk_services_limitations_to_groups_gid",
+            onupdate="CASCADE",
+            ondelete="CASCADE",
+        ),
+        sa.UniqueConstraint("gid", "cluster_id", name="gid_cluster_id_uniqueness"),
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        "idx_unique_gid_cluster_id_null", "services_limitations", ["gid"], unique=False
+    )
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+    # custom
+    op.execute(update_modified_timestamp_procedure)
+    op.execute(modified_timestamp_trigger)
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/models/services_limitations.py b/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/models/services_limitations.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b06d9a858ace..000000000000
--- a/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/models/services_limitations.py
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@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-""" Groups table
-
-    - List of groups in the framework
-    - Groups have a ID, name and a list of users that belong to the group
-"""
-
-
-from typing import Final
-
-import sqlalchemy as sa
-
-from ._common import (
-    column_created_datetime,
-    column_modified_datetime,
-    register_modified_datetime_auto_update_trigger,
-)
-from .base import metadata
-from .clusters import clusters
-from .groups import groups
-
-_TABLE_NAME = "services_limitations"
-USE_DEFAULTS: Final = None
-UNLIMITED: Final[int] = -999
-
-services_limitations = sa.Table(
-    _TABLE_NAME,
-    metadata,
-    sa.Column(
-        "gid",
-        sa.BigInteger,
-        sa.ForeignKey(
-            groups.c.gid,
-            onupdate="CASCADE",
-            ondelete="CASCADE",
-            name=f"fk_{_TABLE_NAME}_to_groups_gid",
-        ),
-        nullable=False,
-        doc="Group unique ID",
-    ),
-    sa.Column(
-        "cluster_id",
-        sa.BigInteger(),
-        sa.ForeignKey(
-            clusters.c.id,
-            name=f"fk_{_TABLE_NAME}_to_clusters_id",
-            onupdate="CASCADE",
-            ondelete="CASCADE",
-        ),
-        nullable=True,
-        doc="The cluster id with which these limitations are associated, if NULL or 0 uses the default",
-    ),
-    sa.Column(
-        "ram",
-        sa.BigInteger,
-        nullable=True,
-        doc="defines this group maximum allowable RAM used per service "
-        "(None means use defaults, <0 means no limits)",
-    ),
-    sa.Column(
-        "cpu",
-        sa.Numeric,
-        nullable=True,
-        doc="defines this group maximum allowable CPUs used per service "
-        "(None means use defaults, <0 means no limits)",
-    ),
-    sa.Column(
-        "vram",
-        sa.BigInteger,
-        nullable=True,
-        doc="defines this group maximum allowable VRAM used per service "
-        "(None means use defaults, <0 means no limits)",
-    ),
-    sa.Column(
-        "gpu",
-        sa.Integer,
-        nullable=True,
-        doc="defines this group maximum allowable CPUs used per service "
-        "(None means use defaults, <0 means no limits)",
-    ),
-    # TIME STAMPS ----
-    column_created_datetime(timezone=True),
-    column_modified_datetime(timezone=True),
-    sa.UniqueConstraint(
-        "gid",
-        "cluster_id",
-        name="gid_cluster_id_uniqueness",
-    ),
-    # prevents having multiple entries with NULL cluster (postgres < 15 treats NULL as always different)
-    sa.Index(
-        "idx_unique_gid_cluster_id_null",
-        "gid",
-        unique=True,
-        postgresql_where=sa.text("cluster_id IS NULL"),
-    ),
-)
-
-
-register_modified_datetime_auto_update_trigger(services_limitations)