diff --git a/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/migration_chain.py b/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/migration_chain.py
index 67fec010c61..3ad141001a9 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/migration_chain.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/migration_chain.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Callable, Iterator, List, Optional
+from typing import Callable, List, Optional
 
 from tribler.core.components.database.db.tribler_database import TriblerDatabase
 from tribler.core.upgrade.tribler_db.decorator import has_migration_metadata
@@ -40,14 +40,9 @@ def execute(self) -> bool:
         if not self.db:
             return False
 
-        for _ in self.steps():
-            ...
-
-        return True
-
-    def steps(self) -> Iterator:
-        """ Execute migrations step by step."""
         for m in self.migrations:
             if not has_migration_metadata(m):
                 raise NotImplementedError(f'The migration {m} should have `migration` decorator')
-            yield m(self.db, state_dir=self.state_dir)
+            m(self.db, state_dir=self.state_dir)
+
+        return True
diff --git a/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/tests/test_migration_chain.py b/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/tests/test_migration_chain.py
index bcdab83aaf4..7feb6653deb 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/tests/test_migration_chain.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/upgrade/tribler_db/tests/test_migration_chain.py
@@ -39,20 +39,6 @@ def migration99(*_, **__):  # this migration should be skipped
     assert migration_chain.execute()
     assert migration_chain.db.version == 2
 
-    # test the same execution step by step
-    migration_chain.db.version = 0
-    steps = migration_chain.steps()
-    assert migration_chain.db.version == 0
-
-    next(steps)  # migration1 completed
-    assert migration_chain.db.version == 1
-
-    next(steps)  # migration2 completed
-    assert migration_chain.db.version == 2
-
-    next(steps)  # migration99 skipped
-    assert migration_chain.db.version == 2
-
 
 @db_session
 def test_db_execute_no_annotation(migration_chain: TriblerDatabaseMigrationChain):