diff --git a/packages/kal-db/migrations/20260407000002_fix_email_index_sparse.js b/packages/kal-db/migrations/20260407000002_fix_email_index_sparse.js
index abf1432..1c47749 100644
--- a/packages/kal-db/migrations/20260407000002_fix_email_index_sparse.js
+++ b/packages/kal-db/migrations/20260407000002_fix_email_index_sparse.js
@@ -1,44 +1,16 @@
 /**
  * Migration: Fix email index to allow multiple null emails
  *
- * The original email_1 index was { unique: true } which prevents
- * multiple users from having email: null (e.g. social/phone login users).
- * This changes it to { unique: true, sparse: true } so null values are
- * excluded from the uniqueness constraint.
+ * SUPERSEDED by 20260407000003_fix_email_index_partial.js which uses
+ * partialFilterExpression instead of sparse. This migration is now a
+ * no-op — it exists only so migrate-mongo records it in the changelog
+ * and stops retrying it on every deploy.
  */
 
 export const up = async (db, client) => {
-  const indexes = await db.collection("users").indexes();
-  const hasEmailIndex = indexes.some((idx) => idx.key?.email === 1);
-
-  if (hasEmailIndex) {
-    // Index already exists (possibly replaced by a later migration) — skip
-    console.log("✅ email index already exists, skipping sparse migration");
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Drop the old non-sparse unique index
-  await db
-    .collection("users")
-    .dropIndex("email_1")
-    .catch(() => {});
-
-  // Recreate as sparse unique — allows multiple null emails
-  await db
-    .collection("users")
-    .createIndex({ email: 1 }, { unique: true, sparse: true });
-
-  console.log("✅ Recreated email index as sparse unique");
+  console.log("✅ email sparse migration skipped (superseded by 000003 partial filter)");
 };
 
 export const down = async (db, client) => {
-  // Revert to original non-sparse unique index
-  await db
-    .collection("users")
-    .dropIndex("email_1")
-    .catch(() => {});
-
-  await db.collection("users").createIndex({ email: 1 }, { unique: true });
-
-  console.log("✅ Reverted email index to non-sparse unique");
+  // Nothing to revert — this migration is a no-op
 };