diff --git a/persist/sqlite/init.go b/persist/sqlite/init.go
index b2772e4..44ac3ee 100644
--- a/persist/sqlite/init.go
+++ b/persist/sqlite/init.go
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ func (s *Store) upgradeDatabase(current, target int64) error {
 func (s *Store) init() error {
 	// calculate the expected final database version
 	target := int64(len(migrations) + 1)
-	// disable foreign key constraints during migration
-	if _, err := s.db.Exec("PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF"); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to disable foreign key constraints: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	version := getDBVersion(s.db)
 	switch {
 	case version == 0:
diff --git a/persist/sqlite/migrations.go b/persist/sqlite/migrations.go
index 33f16db..8472941 100644
--- a/persist/sqlite/migrations.go
+++ b/persist/sqlite/migrations.go
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
+func migrateVersion25(tx txn, log *zap.Logger) error {
+	// no-op migration to trigger foreign key checks
+	return nil
+}
+
 // migrateVersion24 combines the rhp2 and rhp3 data metrics
 func migrateVersion24(tx txn, log *zap.Logger) error {
 	rows, err := tx.Query(`SELECT date_created, stat, stat_value FROM host_stats WHERE stat IN (?, ?, ?, ?) ORDER BY date_created ASC`, metricRHP2Ingress, metricRHP2Egress, metricRHP3Ingress, metricRHP3Egress)